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Saturday, August 05, 2017

HOLONOMICS -- AN IMPORTANT AND GROWING SYNTHESIS OF NEW AGE THINKING AND PLANNING

Two weeks ago, our local Oakland Press had an intriguing article about something called the "Pontiac Holonomy Incubator." Its leaders would be holding the Open House at 3 pm, a rally in a small park across the street in downtown Pontiac, Michigan would take place at 4 pm. I felt it urgent that I check it out, as it clearly resonated with many "think globally, act locally" schematas I had viewed in the past in the course of my research on the New Age Movement.

I quickly learned from internet research that this was one of many projects being inspired by a new book circulating in both business and academic circles entitled HOLONOMICS: BUSINESS WHERE PEOPLE AND PLANET MATTER. Authors Simon and Maria Morae Robinson certainly do not look like idealogues or schemers. Instead, they come across as a fresh faced
relatively nice young couple. They are are presently important players in stirring the pot
of a concept called “holism.” It also
goes by the name of “holonomy” and the term they say they “coined” of “holonomics.” For sure, they are true and sincere believers
in their cause. Their cause beautifully
and unfortunately illustrates what I call “the hidden dangers of the New Age
rainbow.”

Simon and Maria Robinson are now Brazilian based
educators. They are teachers at a college level school in Sao Paulo, Brazil. It is
my impression that they are perhaps cradle New Age believers. They are passionately trying to convert the
world, particularly at the business level, to what they call “holonomics.” It appears to be quite the New Age stew of "paradigm shift", "Systems Thinking" "earth reverence," "holistic thinking," "all is interconnected," GAIA theories; Buddhist management, Sai Baba, phenomenology, and self-organizing evolution theories mixed in with let's all love each other so we can grow together type exhortations.

They also mix a great deal of current science research they believe supports their theories. Their work is receiving glowing reviews from varied sources.

New Agers I discovered as relatively young radicals (e.g.
Fritjof Capra) are now aging academics who represent settled wisdom and
knowledge to these young authors. I
personally just finished reading the Kindle edition of their book. I’ve ordered the paperback copy as I want a
copy I can freely markup and annotate. The hard copy book is taking its sweet time to reach me -- that is part of the delay on this article. I just finished reading the Kindle version as I write tonight. It is a sizable book with many twists and turns -- while well written, it is not easy reading.

Marilyn Ferguson
(1938-2008) wrote in her 1980 New Age landmark book, THE AQUARIAN CONSPIRACY (page 280) that “You
can only have a new society . . . if you
change the education of the younger generation.”[i] While complaining that young people were “limited”
because entrenched educators controlled the system. To gain degrees and academic credentials
necessary for advancement, one had to go along with the established educational
bureaucracy.

On the same page, she
also happily wrote about the large number of conversions in the academic world
to New Age thinking.

It is now appearing that
those carrying the same new thinking advocated by Marilyn Ferguson and her many
associates, e.g. Willis Harman, Maurice Strong, Hazel Henderson, Fritjof Capra,
and so many others have become the new established bureaucracy in
education. More often these days, students must regurgitate as 'gospel,' the theories of this indoctrinated group of new academics.

These developments also remind me of another book popular in New Age circles, PARADIGM WARS (1996) by Professor Mark B. Woodhouse.

The Robinsons are
interviewed as a couple by California New Age activist Gunther Sonnefeld. The online video is available for watching by CLICKING HERE . Several other interviews are available
there as well.

Early on in the video,
the Robinsons say they “coined” the word holonomics, fashioning it from words dealing with both holonomy and economics.

However, that word has long been used by others and given very similar meanings by others in New Age and neo-pagan circles.

In my personal library, which I am far from done surveying, I have found that term used in the same sense as that expressed by the Robinsons in several books among them being

Barbara Clow in her 1994 book CHIRON purporting to be channeled writing concerning "Rainbow Bridge" between inner and outer planets. Barbara Clow was and is a close Matthew Fox associate (the Catholic cum Episcopalian priest/'theologian);

Bob Samples in his 1981 book MIND OF OUR MOTHER. This is one of the earlier books in my library;

How Christian writers about the New Age movement distort the truth to deceive their readers to believe that the New Age is about earth worship.

Here are a few quotes from an article by the Come Let Us Reason Ministries. The article is entitled: Pantheism, pledges and earth worship.

"One of the main promoters of this new religion of the earth is none other than Al Gore, [he wrote]... 'Native American religions, for instance, offer a rich tapestry of ideas about our relationship to the earth. One of the most moving and frequently quoted explanations was attributed to Chief Seattle in 1855, 'Will you teach your children what we have taught our children? That the earth is our mother? This we know: the earth does not belong to man, man belongs to the earth. All things are connected like the blood that unites us all' (p. 259).

"The religious views of the main promoters of the environmental movement become apparent as they offer Mother Earth to replace the true and living God."

"Al Gore: 'The spiritual sense of our place in nature... can be traced to the origins of human civilization.... The last vestige of organized goddess worship was eliminated by Christianity... [I]t seems obvious that a better understanding of a religious heritage preceding our own by so many thousands of years could offer us new insights . . . .'” (p. 260 Earth in the Balance)

"Gore explains what he believes 'My own faith is rooted in the unshakable belief in God a creator and sustainer, a deeply personal interpretation of and relationship with Christ, and an awareness of a constant and holy spiritual presence in all people, all life, and all things.' (p. 265) "Gore is not describing Christianity but new age pantheism." [Gore is describing new age pan[en]theism, not "new age pantheism." Gore is a Christian, he believes in a God that is not only beyond the creation but also within the creation. Pan[en]theists have a less-than-worthy-of worship relationship with Mother Earth.]

In the above quotes, Al Gore is simply saying that Christians can gain some insights from Native American religions and ancient goddess worshiping religions. He is not saying everyone should be converted to an earth worshiping religion.

The general approach to God in the West has been to see Him as transcendent, above and beyond his creation. The approach of the East, on the other hand, is to see God as both transcendent and immanent, or in man and all creation. The New Age is about synthesizing these two approaches.

Wikipedia's information on panentheism says: ...the Buddhist God is absolute and transcendent; this world, being merely its manifestation, is necessarily fragmental and imperfect. [That which is "fragmental and imperfect" is not worshipped by Buddhists, nor is it worshipped by New Agers.]

"In the Gnostic view, there is a true, ultimate and transcendent God, who is beyond all created universes and who never created anything in the sense in which the word 'create' is ordinarily understood. While this True God did not fashion or create anything, He (or, It) 'emanated' or brought forth from within Himself the substance of all there is in all the worlds, visible and invisible. In a certain sense, it may therefore be true to say that all is God, for all consists of the substance of God. By the same token, it must also be recognized that many portions of the original divine essence have been projected so far from their source that they underwent unwholesome changes in the process. To worship the cosmos, or nature, [or the earth] or embodied creatures is thus tantamount to worshipping alienated and corrupt portions of the emanated divine essence." - (quote from http://gnosis.org/gnintro.htm)

David Spangler, one of the leaders of the New Age movement, wrote: The world soul is usually conceived as a "formative force," an active, intelligent, purposeful spiritual presence at work in the material world to guide and guard the course of planetary evolution. It is generally not accorded the status of being the ultimate source [or the unqualified Absolute, God the Father in Heaven] but might be looked upon as a great angelic or archangelic being presiding over the well being of the world, or as the gestalt, the wholeness of all the lives and patterns that manifest upon, and as, the earth [Gaia].

The New Age and Christianity definitely clash on the answer to the question of human imperfection. The former [the New Age] espouses the doctrine of becoming self-realized and united with the universe, which they see as God but in reality is the realm of familiar spirits. On the other hand, the Gospel that Christians embrace offers salvation to humanity through grace (unmerited favor). Romans 3:24 boldly states: “… being justified freely by His grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus.” In Romans 6:23 we read: “For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.” This gift is not earned or given as a reward for earnest or good intentions as Scripture clearly states:For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God; not of works, lest anyone should boast. (Ephesians 2:8-9)This Scripture that tackles the issue of pride sharply distinguishes all of man’s religions from Christianity. Religion persuades us that man is innately good and, therefore, can earn his way to heaven through human perfectibility or, better yet, through the realization of his own divinity. Christianity emphatically states the opposite view that man needs to humbly recognize his own sinfulness and fallibility, and consequently needs salvation through grace.The Holy Spirit, through the Scripture, convicts the sinner of his sinful and lost condition and then presents to the despairing and repentant man God’s solution–salvation through the sacrificial death and resurrection of Jesus Christ on the Cross: “In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of His grace” (Ephesians 1:7) and then:[I]f you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you will be saved. (Romans 10:9-10)

Salvation is entirely a gift of grace bestowed on whoever believes in Jesus’ sacrifice on the Cross as both God and man. Consequently, we must receive Him as Lord and Savior, understanding that it is by grace and grace alone that we are made acceptable in Christ before a holy God. Justification is God’s gift to the believer. This saving faith, also a demonstration of God’s grace, is more than an intellectual belief in Jesus’ death on the Cross but involves committing and entrusting one’s life to Jesus as both Lord and Savior–Christ’s going to the Cross was a finished work, and we as believers are now complete in Him. Nothing else can be added to this. How totally opposite from New Age thinking is God’s plan of salvation!It all comes down to the preaching of the higher self versus the preaching of the Cross. New Agers may say God is synonymous with a person’s higher self, and the experience of God can only be discovered by way of meditation. However, the Christian admits his or her sinfulness before a Holy God and remembers he is saved only by the grace and mercy of God through the sacrificial shedding of Christ’s blood for his sins.The message of Jesus Christ reaches out to the lost human race with the love of God who sacrificed His only begotten Son for the Swami Muktanandas of the world. The Bible teaches that man has an inherently rebellious and ungodly nature (which is evident), and his ways are naturally self-centered and evil in the sight of God. The Bible teaches that God is not indifferent to us. The sacrifice of Christ for the ungodly to reconcile us to God reveals the Lord’s love toward Man..........This explains why Christianity must be steadfast on these issues. If a belief system does not teach the preaching of the Cross, then it is not “the power of God” (I Corinthians 1:18). If other ways are correct, “then Christ died in vain,” rendering His shed blood unnecessary and immaterial (Galatians 2:21).Because of this conflict, we can safely assume that Christianity is the most formidable obstacle to the New Age, standing like a bulwark against this tidal wave of meditation teachers and practical mystics. But, incredibly, many of the most successful practical mystics are appearing from within Christendom itself. Ironically, instead of stemming the momentum of New Age spirituality, it is our own churches that may very well be the decisive catalysts to propel this movement into prominence. Certain spiritual practices are becoming entrenched in our churches that, like an iceberg, seem beautiful and impressive on the surface but in reality will cause severe damage and compromise of truth. (from A Time of Departing, pp.24-26)

"The New Age and Christianity definitely clash on the answer to the question of human imperfection. The former [the New Age] espouses the doctrine of becoming self-realized and united with the universe, which they see as God..." This is a false (incomplete) and deceptive statement by Ray Yungen.

In the Gnostic view [and also in the New Age view], there is a true, ultimate and transcendent God ... He (or, It) 'emanated' or brought forth from within Himself the substance of all there is in all the worlds, visible and invisible [i.e., He brought forth from within Himself the universe/cosmos.] In a certain sense, it may therefore be true to say that all is God [Yungen wrote: "the universe, which they see as God"], for all consists of the substance of God. By the same token, it must also be recognized that many portions of the original divine essence have been projected so far from their source [or the true, ultimate and transcendent God] that they [or almost everything in the universe/cosmos] underwent unwholesome changes in the process. To worship the cosmos, or nature, or embodied creatures is thus tantamount to worshiping alienated and corrupt portions of the emanated divine essence."

New Agers worship the true, ultimate and transcendent God and they view the universe as a corrupt and less-than-worthy-of-worship manifestation of God.

Two close associates of Pope Francis (i.e. spokesmen for Pope Francis) condemn "conservative American Catholics" for aligning with conservative Evangelicals in support of President Trump's policies of "hate." https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/02/world/europe/vatican-us-catholic-conservatives.html

Obviously, it was crystal clear that Francis opposed Trump's candidacy and would have preferred Hillary ... you know ... that Crooked Hillary that fully supported (by force, with taxpayers' money)Planned Parenthood, abortion on demand, homosexual marriage, open borders for illegal immigrants, she was the architect of the war-spreading disaster known as "Arab Spring," her money making schemes via the "Clinton Foundation," pay to play frauds amounting into the hundreds of millions, Benghazi(by toppling Ghadafi in Libya "we came, we saw, he died ... hee, hee, hee"), her Muslim Brotherhood connections, more wars in the Middle East, etc., etc.

Yep, Mr. Pope, Hillary and the lunatic left sure do represent the politics of "love."

Ray B, all roads may lead to Rome yet not all Roman Roads are straight though broad they be. The way of the Jesuit is secret and winding and upon it he wears many cloaks. What better way for him exists than to turn the soil of the reformation to desert! He weave his way through the gardens of Protestantism, uprooting its very foundations by planting weeds wherever an untended patch is spotted. Through their very parishes he paves his plan, changing his cloak for that of a Lutheran, a Baptist or a Methodist preacher all the while clutching a print of Loyola to his breast and inwardly reciting his IHS extreme oath of induction.

Before I respond more fully to your comment #401, I have a couple questions. First of all, you’ve previously stated that the Father “emanated a part of Himself from out of the center of His heart” resulting in the Son. You then wrote, “When the Son's emanated existence took place God the Father created light for His Son to live in.” Thus, the Father is a creator. More importantly, I must ask why the Father created light for His Son to live in. Could the Son not live with the Father in the Father’s ‘domain’? If not, why not?

I suspect this was a necessity, which implies that the emanated Son is a lesser Deity than the Father. In fact, this seems a necessary aspect for your theology to remain logically coherent, as surely the Father (“Unqualified Absolute”) could not succumb to “original sin” as the Son had, could S/He/It?

Also, if I understand you correctly, the “world soul” is lesser in status than the “god” (the Son) within humans. Assuming I’m correct, what happens to the “world soul” once matter is destroyed and all the individual ‘gods’ in each human is reunited with the Son?

The true, ultimate and transcendent God never created anything in the sense in which the word “create” is ordinarily understood. While this True God did not fashion or create anything, He (or, It) “emanated” or brought forth from within Himself the substance of all there is in all the worlds, visible and invisible. [He also emanated "created" pre-matter or pre-physical universe LIGHT, which all matter is made of.]

Craig you asked: More importantly, I must ask why the Father created light for His Son to live in. Could the Son not live with the Father in the Father’s ‘domain’? If not, why not?

The Father desired to give His Son a free will so that the Son could CHOOSE to obey and love Him. The Son, or all of us together as One, failed to do so. This was the original sin, that is why when life came forth on earth three and one-half billion years ago, so did death and corruption. Back then, every living thing eventually died. Death and corruption did not enter the world when the first human ("Adam') sinned. This is a scientific fact. So, Jesus Christ could not have died on a cross to save us from the negative consequence of the "stain" of "Adams original sin" on our souls.]

Graig you also asked: ....if I understand you correctly, the “world soul” is lesser in status than the “god” (the Son) within humans. Assuming I’m correct, what happens to the “world soul” once matter is destroyed and all the individual ‘gods’ in each human is reunited with the Son? [There are not "individual 'gods' in each human," we are gods, and when we are all enlightened we will be the restored Divine Son.]

There is a divine realm in us. When humans reach this realm they enter into the divine realm of the Son. The Son is not "within humans", we are the Son. A part of the Son is corrupted. It consists of humans who are not enlightened. Both parts of the Son, together as one, are essentially the world soul. When all the parts of the Son have become enlightened the world soul's existence will end and all matter will be destroyed. We will, then, be liberated and united with our Father and Jesus Christ in Heaven, forever.

Your claim that “the Father” (“Unqualified Absolute”) never created anything, but rather “emanated” part of Him/Itself (the “light” which was “emanated” for “the Son”, which subsequently became manifest as the physical universe upon the Son’s “original sin”) is pantheistic, whether you wish to acknowledge this or not. Logically, you cannot state that a part of something is simultaneously not a part of that same thing.

Moreover, you cannot claim that we are all “the Son”, yet only part of “the Son” is affected by “original sin” while there yet remains a part of “the Son” which is untainted (the “Christ Consciousness”). So, which is it—is the Son parted up or non-parted? You cannot have both.

Implicit in your theology is the notion that the Son is not on par with the Father. He’s in some sort of subordinate position, with, presumably, inferior attributes in some fashion. Yet you’ve claimed that once matter is destroyed the Son will miraculously be so equal to the Father that the Son and Father can and will become One again. Once again, you cannot have it both ways. If the “emanated” Son is not equal in stature to the Father, as evidenced by your claim that the Son was given “free will” to rebel against the Father, then it’s clear they are two separate entities—even though the Son was “emanated” as “part of” the Father.

You wrote: Death and corruption did not enter the world when the first human ("Adam') sinned. This is a scientific fact. Really? According to what “science”?

You wrote earlier: New Agers believe that neither the "inter earth", which is spiritual, nor the "outer earth", which is matter, will attain "full divinity", nor do we believe that both will attain divinity, we believe that only humans attain divinity. You wrote just above (4:50 PM) quoting Spangler: The world soul is usually conceived as a "formative force," an active, intelligent, purposeful spiritual presence at work in the material world to guide and guard the course of planetary evolution. It is generally not accorded the status of being the ultimate source [or the unqualified Absolute, God the Father in Heaven] but might be looked upon as a great angelic or archangelic being presiding over the well being of the world, or as the gestalt, the wholeness of all the lives and patterns that manifest upon, and as, the earth [Gaia]. Yet, in your most recent comment you claim: Both parts of the Son, together as one, are essentially the world soul.

I understood by “inter earth” that you were referring to the “world soul”, that is, “world soul” would be the soul of the earth. What am I missing here?

"Truth is singular. That is to say, truth is a single entity. It does not exist in bits and pieces of unrelated ideas or disconnected data. The Bible most often uses the definite article when speaking of the truth. Truth can never be merely a truth, as if it exists in fragments from various sources. Truth is not a collection of ideologies gleaned from detached sources. It can never be found in a study of comparative religions or competing philosophies. Instead, all truth is found in the one true God.Because truth is one body of truth, it is always internally consistent. It never contradicts itself.

Truth always speaks with one voice and is always in perfect agreement with itself. It is always in harmony with everything else it says, since each aspect of truth is congruent with the sum of its parts."

In light of that comment, GrantNZ...that's why I wish Mr. Dahlheimer and Craig's conversation was taken off blog to continue elsewhere. I don't see this as helpful in the bits and pieces dragged out a little at a time. Seems like their own conversation and unnecessary here, to me, anyway. Don't mean to offend, just think it is somewhat a distraction to what could be talked about here at Constance Cumbey's blog.But whatever. That is just my opinion.

We have an extremely dangerous situation with North Korea; however, I can't help but wonder if this is not a "CRISIS=OPPORTUNITY" moment for the Global Governance crowd along with their other rationales of Populism & Xenophobia.

That's why I've always felt that a discussion board / forum is better suited to discussing the New Age Movement, NOT the comments section of a blog. You can have different threads for different topics / discussions.

I agree with you! If a person's theology views the creation/universe as being even a part of God, even if that part of God is not considered to be divine and is therefore not worshiped, it can rightfully be described as a type of pantheism. It can also rightfully be described as a type of panentheism.

I think that you are trying to understand my theology, but I believe that because you are caught up in a religious delusion your "logic" does not make any sense! If Christians could just understand what the New Age spiritual philosophy is all about they would be converted to it.

You wrote: You wrote: Death and corruption did not enter the world when the first human ("Adam') sinned. This is a scientific fact. Really? According to what “science”? This statement of yours indicates to me that you, like all other Christians, are living in an extreme fantasy world. Did you ever go to High School and take a biology class? If you did, you would have learned about evolution. I believe that Christianity is like a mental illness, that it's like schizophrenia, people with this mental illness are not able to reason logically and then understand reality.

Spangler wrote: "The world soul is usually conceived as a "formative force," an active, intelligent, purposeful spiritual presence at work in the material world to guide and guard the course of planetary evolution." The collective consciousness of all enlightened and unenlightened human beings is essentially the "formative force" or world soul that is at work to guide and guard the course of planetary evolution.

No curiosity on the book authorship HUMANITY AT RISK that I cited above? OK, for all the disinterested and apathetic, the answer is JAVIER SOLANA as co-author/editor of the book and author of the chapter HOW TO MANAGE GLOBAL GOVERNANCE. He's still very much in the picture. Whether he's the #1 leader or not, the goals of the crowd are an all encompassing global political and economic system and IMHO, they are advancing fast on their agenda unless frustrated before as they were in 1982.

…Darwinism is a theory of empirical science only at the level of microevolution [as opposed to macroevolution, or “Neo-Darwinism”], where it provides a framework for explaining phenomena such as the diversity that arises when small populations become reproductively isolated from the main body of the species. As a general theory of biological creation [macroevolution] Darwinism is not empirical at all. Rather, it is a necessary implication of a philosophical doctrine called scientific naturalism, which is based on the nonscientific assumption that God was always absent from the realm of nature. Evolution in the Darwinian sense is inherently antithetical to theism, although evolution in some entirely different and nonnaturalistic sense could conceivably (if not demonstrably) have been God’s chosen method of creation [bold added].

Next I’ll address the primary problem with your belief system, which is theological. In essence, your view is bitheistic (two gods), including both the Father (“Unqualified Absolute”), and the Son, the latter being a lesser deity. Presumably, the Father would not even have the potential to “sin”, whereas the Son not only had this possibility built-in but eventually succumbed to it. Yet even though the Son had the apparent propensity to sin and actually did so—resulting in the light’s (the light being the domain in which the Father deemed the Son was to live) transformation to the ‘evil’ physical universe—upon the Son’s return to his pre-fallen state via “Christ Consciousness”, He will become ‘one’ with the Father. This is despite the fact that the Son is clearly an inferior deity (His propensity to sin). How is that logical? How can the Son, with His separate will (never mind the individual wills inside each “Son” currently within the physical outer shell of each and every human) ever truly be ‘one’ with His Father?

That’s not to mention, as I pointed out above, the illogicality of the Son being whole, yet a part of the Son succumbed to sin while another part (the “Christ Consciousness”) did not.

An implicit bitheism (at the least) is inherent in all strands of Gnosticism and neognosticism I’ve encountered. That is, the ‘god’ within all physical matter is implicitly a lesser deity than the Father, aka Unqualified Absolute (or Bailey’s “the One About Whom Naught Can Be Said”, etc.). I mean, is it ever possible that the Father could be bound up in matter? Nope, not according to your theology and all other forms of Gnosticism. This clearly implies that the Father (“Unqualified Absolute”, etc.) is superior. That’s two gods (at least).

There is God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Spirit. How many Gods is your one God?

When people become psychologically addicted to a particular religion, like Christianity or Islam, they can not accept scientifically discovered truth that proves that their religion is fundamentally false, or a supernatural hoax, as is Christianity and Islam. Is the earth flat with a foundation that is fixed and will never be moved? And are there pillars holding the sky up? And are the stars little lights in the sky that are about the same distance from the earth as the sun and moon? Is the earth standing still and will never be moved? And is there water above the stars, moon and sun? And is God above that water looking down on the earth that is standing still and will never be moved? Is the Garden of Eden story in the Bible a myth (as scientific discovery has proven) that people long ago took literally and then established the central doctrine/dogma of the Christian religion on? Why do Christians continue to believe that the Bible scriptures are telling the truth when it has unequivocally been proven by scientific discovery that they do not always tell the true?

David Spangler wrote: From an inner point of view, Gaia or the World Soul [which I have suggested is essentially the collective consciousness of all enlightened (think "ascended masters") and unenlightened humans] is a highly complex, powerful, loving, and creative spiritual presence ... Gaia provides a mirror in which to see ourselves anew. It inspires us to reflect on our own natures, on the meaning and destiny of humanity. Lovelock paved the way for this in his book Gaia in which he first presented the Gaia Hypothesis. In the last chapter, he suggested that humanity might be the evolving nervous system [which includes an evolving "brain" that the world soul's spiritual consciousness utilizes] of the earth, the means by which Gaia achieves self-awareness.

"Next I’ll address the primary problem with your belief system, which is theological."

Craig,

Mr. Dahlheimer's "problem" is not based on his false theological belief system, but rather, on the fact that he has rejected the light found only in Jesus Christ and the sole authority upon which all "religious" truth is based, that being the Word of God.

Rejecting the truth of Christ and His all-authoritative Word is not due to a person's confusion, or some philosophical, or even a "religious" reason fueled by false thinking. Christ and His truth is rejected because of the sinner's love for darkness. In effect, they truly have a death wish.

"And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds are evil." John 3:19

Without the new birth, the natural, sinful man CANNOT understand, nor receive (with faith) what the Author of God's Word has declared. Sinful man will ALWAYS cling to a false religious "theology" that comports with their sinful, rebellious lifestyle. Mankind rejects Christ because they have no natural ability to repent of their sins to the extent that their souls will be saved ("But that no man is justified by the law in the sight of God, it is evident: for, The just shall live by faith." James 3:11). Only the sovereign act of God can overcome a sinner's rebellion. (See John 6:44, Ephesians 2:8,9)

"But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him, neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned." 1 Corinthians 2:14

This man has proven himself to be a blaspheming heretic over and over again. What does Scripture state about dealing with a person such as this?

"A man that is an heretic after the first and second admonition reject: Knowing that he that is such is subverted, and sinneth, being condemned of himself." Titus 3:10,11

There is an old saying, "keep your friends close and your enemies closer." As I am clearly one of those destined in the thinking of Dahlheimer and think-alikes, for the fate spelled out in the Alice Bailey books of "the destruction of the form", New Age speak for elimination of elements unfavorable to them, I keep a close eye on what he and the others are saying and how THEY believe their agenda to be advancing.

I will be doing my radio program, www.TheMicroEffect.com live in the morning, 10 Eastern Time, 9 Central time; 8 Mountain Time and 7 am Pacific time.

It would be nice if you could join the chatroom there and/or call in live to 208-935-0094.

To Thomas Dahlheimer, 9:23, David Spangler had very nice things to say about Lucifer, too. What do you say to that?

I do have 3 books in my personal library from what is now called Lucis Press, back when they initially published under LUCIFER PUBLISHING COMPANY. Sitting immediately behind me is INITIATION HUMAN AND SOLAR, Lucifer Publishing Co., Copyright 1922 by Alice A. Bailey.

As for me, I'll trust the my fate to the Holy Trinity of God the Father, God the Son (Jesus), and God the Holy Spirit before entrusting myself to "Gaia" and Lucifer.

"Techno-Religions and Silicon Prophets: Will the 21st century be shaped by hi-tech gurus or by religious zealots – or are they the same thing? What is the current status of religions and ideologies in the world, and what will be the likely impact of 21st-century technological breakthroughs on religion and ideology? Will traditional religions and ideologies—from Christianity and Islam to Liberalism and Socialism—manage to survive the technological and economic revolutions of the 21st century? What would be the place of Islam, for example, in a world of genetic engineering and artificial intelligence? The talk addresses these questions, and argues that the future belongs to techno-religions, which promise salvation through technology, and which are already gathering believers in places such as Silicon Valley. "

My comment...When I look at the how much of a role that entertainment in it various guises plays in the western churchs you can see the potential for " techno religions" foothold.The converts of the new priests of this generation in the west seem to be the "Christian Concert Crowd"... musicians have become the new preachers. The lack of decerning the difference between soulish experience or the work of the Holy Spirit could easily provide the avenue for "techno religion".

anon re Craig v dahlheimer - this is the place because this is the REAL new age the politics is a product of this.

Constance, excellent article a good refocus to the "spiritual" side of the politics.

there is an individual advantage type new age among conservatives a classic example is http://rayelan.com/TemplarProsperityMeditation.htm by owner of rumormill news masonic background influence on Rayelan.

for my supporting the Constitution against old articles of confederation and 16th amendmentlegitimacy, Joe McNeil blocked me from themicroeffect.com "403: forbidden"

anon re dead can't possess people - idiot, she did all that WHILE ALIVE. I HAVE REPEATEDLY SAID SHE DID THESE THINGS WHILE I WAS A CHILD.

libellous anon kindly quote me what posts I made were "blasphemous." explain exactlywhy they constitute "blasphemy." or apologize.

Orthodox hinduism ALWAYs rejected the tantra, upanishads were not vedic in naturebut some other kind of thing. vedic is polytheistic with heavens, hells and reincarnations.upanishads became prominent in some circles and took the lead in vedanta a development of the past 200 years or less. the baghavad Gita develops both threads with all an illusion projected by Krishna so nothing is real so there is no sin and murder an illusion as there is nokiller and no killed - easily one of the most evil books ever written.

http://watch-unto-prayer.org/lgbtq-infiltrators-facilitators.htmlHow Evangelicals Lost the Culture War Before it Started LGBTQ Infiltrators & FacilitatorsRev Thomas Littleton

https://politicallyunclassifiable.blogspot.com/2017/08/sept-23-ad-2017-recurring-event-of-no.html based partly on https://answersingenesis.org/astronomy/stars/what-will-happen-september-23-2017/

Ray Yungen re contemplative spirituality and seducing spirits - I was talking about whathe said was in a video regarding reiki and energy healing that energies are real people do project them from their hands. that is not saying they are good or if natural divine. PAUL DEFINES DOCTRINES OF DEVILS AS FORBIDDING CERTAIN FOODS (modern Mosaic Law kosher Hebrew Roots, etc.followers take note) AND FORBIDDING MARRIAGE (gnostic cults often preferred extreme asceticism because of hating material creation not want more born.)

Constance has said a mass possession event might occur resulting in massacre of Christians. well, reiki and at least one other movement has said (or the demons involved have said) that when enough people are initiated then the spirits can operate more freely. in other words, reach critical mass and something very bad can happen. of course they don't call it bad.

My specific point in addressing Dahlheimer’s ‘primary problem with his belief system, which is theological’ was over against his cosmological beliefs, which are also logically incoherent, springing from the former. In any case, you overstate the obvious in your citations of John 3:19, etc.; and Titus 3:10-11 arguably refers to a divisive person within the Church, not a non-believer (see v. 9).

You (and some of the anons) seem to have missed the point of this particular blog, which is to discuss the New Age movement. You also seem to forget that you are not the blog host, but rather guests here. If Constance feels my responses to Dahlheimer are “very relevant”, then who are you to suggest implicitly (while said anons are explicit) otherwise?

I agree, of course, with your statement regarding John 6:44 and Eph 2:8-9, but then what about the Great Commission in which we are commanded to make disciples? And what of Jude 1:22-23 and James 5:19-20? Mr. Dahlheimer has been speaking out against what he perceives are flaws in Christianity. Perhaps if he sees the logical incongruity in his own theology he may be inclined to rethink it? Perhaps that could serve as a gateway?

You must have missed Dahlheimer's statements that Satan is not Lucifer and that the latter is a benevolent character in his theology. This is not inconsistent with Blavatsky and Alice Bailey. Lucifer is conceived as a "fallen angel". From the Lucis Trust site is an article titled The Esoteric Meaning of Lucifer Here’s the appropriate excerpt:

Alice and Foster Bailey were serious students and teachers of Theosophy, a spiritual tradition which views Lucifer as one of the solar Angels, those advanced Beings Who Theosophy says descended (thus “the fall”) from Venus to our planet eons ago to bring the principle of mind to what was then animal-man. In the theosophical perspective, the descent of these solar Angels was not a fall into sin or disgrace but rather an act of great sacrifice, as is suggested in the name “Lucifer” which means light-bearer.

…there is so much confusion and misunderstanding concerning the "fallen angels" of which Lucifer is the best known representative.

The secret of the "fallen angels" is essentially the mystery which lies behind the very Plan of evolution, for the solar angels' willingness to "fall", to sacrifice themselves in order to bring the light of the principle of mind to what was then animal man, marked the coming into action of the great Law of Duality by which matter, form—negative and passive—could be quickened by spirit. This act of sacrifice at the dawn of human history is a thread woven throughout the great scriptures and mythologies of the world, including the myth of Prometheus who stole fire (mind) for man, and the biblical story of the Prodigal Son, who left the Father’s home to embark upon the path of experience in the life of form and the senses—the journey to "the far country".

Who cares, Chritine? You're not exactly 'Orthodox'-yourself! The fact is, chakras were first mentioned in Hindu texts and are therefore Hindu in origin: deal with it!

If you were treating people at the microeffect the way you've treated Physicist, paul, Craig and others, then Joe McNeil is right to have blocked you there ... it's time you were code 403 forbidden and blocked from here too.

Your poor and longsuffering mother! If she knew you're shacked up out of wedlock with an unrepentant "ex" Satanist, and clairvoyant dabbling witch (your: "Resident Seer"), she'd be rolling in her grave!

Be gone from here MCE, you're unwelcome and persona non gratia, be gone I say!

Please ban Miss Erikson from your blog, yet again, she has spoken despicably of our Paul (paul), calling him evil for pointing out the obvious and for taking a Biblical approach towards parents, and has decided to continue her 'argument' here, whilst omitting, and trying to gloss over, that nastiness of hers included in her earlier rant.

She attacked:

"paul, YOU HAVE PROVEN YOU ARE EVIL, by shrugging off psychic invasion by my biological so called mother making me say things I didn't even think of and was puzzled why I was saying them and calling it normal manipulation of children by parents"

She made this latest addition to her album of vile attacks towards the end of page 3 on the previous topic. Which begs the question why has she chosen to continue her charade here if not to cause yet further upset to the blog? If at all, why didn't she reply on the previous topic page where her rants and others rebuttal of such took place?

Must we continue to endure her channeled garbage of aliens, chakras, orange blobs and all the other nonsense she soaks up and spews here, with the encouragement of her unrepentant "ex" Satanist and clairvoyant in residence with whom she is shacked?

So many decent posters have already left due to her wickedness. Please ban her immediately and indefinitely.

Regarding your reference of verse 9 of Titus Chapter 3, that verse is addressing "vain" controversies that are unrelated to heresies. In constrast, verses 10 & 11 specifically states how the Christian is commanded to deal with a person clinging to heresies. Clearly, AFTER the "first or second admonition," a heretic (i.e. ANY heretic) is to be "rejected" because of their firm opposition to the truth. Mr. Dahlheimer has expressed, in no uncertain terms, his firm beliefs in a multiple array of heresies.

You state (in part) in paragraph 2:

"If Constance feels my responses to Dahlheimer are “very relevant”, then who are you to suggest implicitly (while said anons are explicit) otherwise?"

Clearly, you believe you are above criticism on this blog due to the fact that Constance believes your responses to Dahlheimer are "very relevant." Although this is Constance's blog, I'm not aware that she holds to a policy that forbids commentary on topics that she does not necessarily agree with. If she did, I certainly would be the first to leave.

You also state that we are "commanded to make disciples." We are, but the first requirement in making a disciple is to have a BELIEVER to work with. One cannot learn how to be a follower of Christ without first believing in Him. Your ongoing debate on "theological" points might be appealing to you from an intellectual standpoint, but it fails to deal with the PRIMARY issue, "what think ye of Christ?"

You also state (in part):

"Mr. Dahlheimer has been speaking out against what he perceives are flaws in Christianity. Perhaps if he sees the logical incongruity in his own theology he may be inclined to rethink it? Perhaps that could serve as a gateway?"

What he really is is a scorner of God's truth. With a scorner (and I have dealt with many over the years), you may "win" one point, but they will quickly find another from which they will use to prove that you are wrong!

Again, what does he think of Christ? All other "arguments" begin and end with Him.

Ray B., your appeal to the plain truth of Holy Scripture unblemished by the blind pride of men who are wise in their own eyes is refreshing indeed! I'm refering to your forthright and humble reply to Craig, for whom it may be said: quorum se meritis, quod ingenio et caeca humilitatem!

"Reflecting on Sunday's Gospel at his address before his weekly Angelus prayer, Pope Francis said that those who "consult the horoscopes and fortune tellers," instead of clinging to the word of the Lord, "begin to sink."

"anon re Craig v dahlheimer - this is the place because this is the REAL new age the politics is a product of this."Well, duh. So who doesn't know that that frequents this blog? You and Dahlheimer (both only keyboard warriors) are two peas in a pod, using the same tactics to turn blogs into sludge with their onslaught of errors. Sorry, but not all that helpful (though gallant, Craig I'll give you that) in the attempt to expose and correct the errors of people bent on proudly displaying them. Why give them so much room taking up space? Going toe to toe. Do that somewhere else and leave this blind sort to the ditch he has fallen in and loves to revel in. It is God with Mercy to reach him if he ever will be. Enough already. Jesus didn't argue with the Pharisees. He simply told the truth and then left them to argue with themselves while He moved on leaving them to their error and reaching out to those who really did want to know the truth. That is wise. And cuts to the chase on topics instead of this type of back and forth going nowhere, dragged out and dragging on.

Dahlheimer only wants a venue to get his massively unreasoned and unreasonable stab at sounding scientific and educated when anything but. Serves his low-brow purpose better than serves this blog...Do we really have to stand knee deep in a flood of sewer (non-thinking sewage for the mind) to know it stinks?Just like your lowbrow attempts at telling us how expert you are, MCE, when you haven't got the sense God gave a goose about basically any topic you hammer to death and still prove you know pretty much Nothing that relates to real time, real life, real issues, in whatever age! Go get your own heart and head straight and then maybe when or if you come back here something will make sense of what you post. paul told you were wrong in your "fight" about exposing the New Age. He was dead-on. Your ideas are just dead. God's weapons (Galatians 6 just like he told you) actually fights error and subdues it. You just come here to fight. Take your ridiculous air boxing match back to your own blog and swing away...and never land a real glove against any real problem, anywhere, at any time. Here's an idea..how 'bout you go get a real life to start with. Instead of living like a parasite. That is what your life looks like as you have told us way way way too much about yourself. Enough of you too already! Once a week and you are still as full of yourself as ever. What misery..and you think we need to know about all about it? You're sorely mistaken.

"Reflecting on Sunday's Gospel at his address before his weekly Angelus prayer, Pope Francis said that those who "consult the horoscopes and fortune tellers," instead of clinging to the word of the Lord, "begin to sink."

"Dahlheimer only wants a venue to get his massively unreasoned and unreasonable stab at sounding scientific and educated when anything but. Serves his low-brow purpose better than serves this blog...Do we really have to stand knee deep in a flood of sewer (non-thinking sewage for the mind) to know it stinks? Just like your lowbrow attempts at telling us how expert you are, MCE, when you haven't got the sense God gave a goose about basically any topic you hammer to death and still prove you know pretty much Nothing that relates to real time, real life, real issues, in whatever age! Go get your own heart and head straight and then maybe when or if you come back here something will make sense of what you post."

Anonymous 7:47 PM, an excellent and astute post if ever there was one: direct, succinct and telling it as it is.

I couldn't have written such admonishing and heartfelt truth better myself!

"However, since we are here now, we must understand that Saraswati was reconciled enough with Brahma to enable him to create the human race in partnership with her. It is also notable that, akin to the fall of Adam from the grace of God and the subsequent loss of Eden, the lust of Brahma signifies the downfall of humanity. Hinduism believes that basic desires hinder total salvation from the cycle of births and rebirths. Total salvation, in Hinduism, is the reconciliation of the individual soul with the Nirguna Brahman, ..."

"It is symbolic that the God that was the first manifestation of the Brahman fell prey to that which prolongs separation from the Brahman. So it is that creation succeeded -- through the fall of Brahma and Saraswati from absolute sublimity."

"Shiva [a holy manifestation of Brahman] was angered at this lie. He [therefore] cursed Brahma with the horror of not ever being worshiped on earth ..."

From the Hindu view, we have a created God, Brahma, who gave in to a sinful temptation, which caused him to become corrupted to the degree that he would never, rightfully, be worshiped by people living in this corrupt-from-its-origins world that the corrupted god Brahma created. Hindus do not worship the Creator, nor do they worship the creation. Scientific discovery tells us that the creation was corrupt from its origins. There were three and one-half billion years of death and corrupted on earth before the first humans ("Adam and Eve") came forth on earth. http://www.towahkon.org/FoxTheology.html

Gnosticism

http://gnosis.org/gnintro.htm

"All religious traditions acknowledge that the world is imperfect. Where they differ is in the explanations which they offer to account for this imperfection and in what they suggest might be done about it. Gnostics have their own -- perhaps quite startling -- view of these matters: they hold that the world is flawed because it was created in a flawed manner."

"Many religions advocate that humans are to be blamed for the imperfections of the world. Supporting this view, they interpret the Genesis myth as declaring that transgressions committed by the first human pair brought about a “fall” of creation resulting in the present corrupt state of the world. Gnostics respond that this interpretation of the myth is false. The blame for the world’s failings lies not with humans, but with the creator. Since -- especially in the monotheistic religions -- the creator is God, this Gnostic position appears blasphemous, and is often viewed with dismay even by non-believers."

The Hindus and the Gnostics do not worship the corrupt Creator and neither do they worship the corrupt creation. The New Agers' theology is suppose to be similar to both the Eastern religions' and the Gnostic religion's theology. So, why do so many Christian writes say that the New Age is about worshiping the creation or Mother Earth?

Trollheimer, Dullheimer, not-so-clever-after-all-heimer, you're redirected to, www.politicallyunclassifiable.blogspot.com , where you'll find a like-minded individual with whom you can discuss the cycle of Brahma and chakras and why they're supposedly dismissed by 'Orthodox Hinduism' (although both Hindu concepts in origin), though chakras according to that lying and deluded blog's owner are compatible with Eastern Orthodox Christianity.

I'm sure you two will get on like a house on fire, and unless you repent, will both (along with her live-in co-fornicating clairvoyant), will find your sorry end forever meet for all who play with matches!

9:05 AMSo why do you care what we, or anyone else believes, or insist we care about what you believe since your religion is soulless, aimless, and so willfully willing to deny what is eternal to begin with?

With no answers yourself, and dishonest about that, with no trajectory that meets the need of the human condition and beyond, why do you even bother with the questions? Your own inner turmoil is showing.

You have a very deep unresolved jealousy going on that you refuse to deal with.It is you who needs to be asking yourself some questions....that leave the rest of us out of the equation. Why remain so shallow?

"Why remain so shallow?" 10:10 AM, depth doesn't seem to be old Dullheimer's forté, though through the depths of depravity dives and the depths of Sheol await him.

No, not clever at all, boasting, conniving, and bursting with copy and pastes, unable and unwilling to understand the true nature of the Holy Triune God, he'd rather follow unfounded fables and run after tooth-faeries than humble his rebellious nature and repent in obedience to the one true omnipotent, Omnipresent and omniscient Just and Loving God!

Yes, all that Deluded and Delirious Dahlheimer has to offer is dead, hollow and shallow indeed!

"Why remain so shallow?" 10:10 AM, depth doesn't seem to be old Dullheimer's forté, though through the depths of depravity he nose-dives and the depths of Sheol await him.

No, he's not clever at all, he's belligerent, boastful, conniving, and bursting with copy and pastes. In his blind arrogance and willful ignorance he is lost in the cess of Gnosticism, as stubborn as a mushroom stuck to manure, making him unable and unwilling to understand the true nature of the Holy Triune God, he'd rather follow unfounded fables and run after tooth-faeries than humble his rebellious nature and repent in obedience to the one true omnipotent, Omnipresent and omniscient Just and Loving God!

You wrote: Clearly, you believe you are above criticism on this blog due to the fact that Constance believes your responses to Dahlheimer are "very relevant." Although this is Constance's blog, I'm not aware that she holds to a policy that forbids commentary on topics that she does not necessarily agree with. If she did, I certainly would be the first to leave.

So, let me get this straight. Constance explicitly stated that my comments to Dahlheimer (D) are “very relevant” here in apparent response to others who stated that this blog may not be the place for this discussion, and when I respond to your subsequent comment criticizing me for engaging with D you reply that I believe I’m ‘above criticism’? Where did you get that?! It’s one thing for you to criticize the substance of my comments to D, it’s quite another for you to essentially say that I should not continue in my responses to D—after Constance already voiced her approval for them—based upon your interpretation of Scripture. THAT takes some hubris! So, your interpretation of Scripture takes precedence over the blog host’s (implicitly), as well as mine?!

In my response to you I merely made it clear that I don’t subscribe to some of your interpretations of Scripture relative to this discussion. That hardly makes me one who thinks I’m ‘above criticism’. I simply disagree with you. And by your own standards that you just laid out, I certainly don’t have to listen to you, as it necessarily cuts both ways.

Of course Constance allows dissenting views, as D is proof. But it’s disappointing that you and other professing Christians would criticize another Christian (me) for engaging with a non-Christian (D) as he denigrates the faith we share. If someone wishes to denigrate my faith (D, e.g.), then that is their free speech right, but then said individual shouldn’t be surprised when I defend my faith while challenging theirs. And I certainly cannot challenge one’s faith unless I understand his—hence, my line of questioning. Otherwise, I’m attacking a straw man. Just like D has been doing to Christianity—attacking his own straw man version of it.

As regards Titus 3, I checked a number of different translations, including the NKJV, and most have 9 through 11 as part of one paragraph, though some of these also include (portions of) verse 8 (the KJV, of course, does not have ANY paragraphs). Given this, I construe that 10 and 11 flow from verse 9, especially when “heretic” is properly understood. Regarding this, I’ll quote from Donald Guthrie’s Tyndale Commentary (The Pastoral Epistles: An Introduction and Commentary, TNTC 14; IVP/Accordance electronic ed. [Downers Grove: InterVarsity Press, 1990], p 230):

The Greek word hairetikos translated a divisive person is to be distinguished in meaning from the English word ‘heretic’ derived from it. It was only in later times that it acquired a more technical meaning of ‘one who holds false doctrine’. Here it refers to one who promotes division by his views.

Now, I stand firm to my belief that this is specifically addressing divisive persons within the Church; but, we can agree to disagree on this one. However, I think you are very wrong in your understanding of the Great Commission in Matthew 28:19-20.

RayB, you wrote: You also state that we are "commanded to make disciples." We are, but the first requirement in making a disciple is to have a BELIEVER to work with. One cannot learn how to be a follower of Christ without first believing in Him.

No, the “first requirement” is to evangelize—engage with non-believers where they are. Once/if ‘converted’, we are to “baptize” and “teach”. Craig Blomberg’s New American Commentary provides a decent enough explanation:

The main command of Christ’s commission is “make disciples” (mathēteusate). Too much and too little have often been made of this observation. Too much is made of it when the disciples’ “going” is overly subordinated, so that Jesus’ charge is to proselytize merely where one is…Too little is made of it when all attention is centered on the command to “go,” as in countless appeals for missionary candidates, so that foreign missions are elevated to a higher status of Christian service than other forms of spiritual activity. To “make disciples of all nations” does require many people to leave their homelands, but Jesus’ main focus remains on the task of all believers to duplicate themselves wherever they may be. The verb “make disciples” also commands a kind of evangelism that does not stop after someone makes a profession of faith. The truly subordinate participles in v. 19 explain what making disciples involves: “baptizing” them and “teaching” them obedience to all of Jesus’ commandments. The first of these will be a once-for-all, decisive initiation into Christian community. The second proves a perennially incomplete, life-long task (Matthew, NAC 22; ed. E. Ray Clendenen; Accordance electronic ed. [Nashville: Broadman & Holman Publishers, 1992], p 431).

If your perspective is one, two, two strikes you’re out in regard to evangelism based on your interpretation of Titus 3, then that’s your prerogative to hold such a view. But don’t impose that on me. However, I’ll state this, I’d come to faith rather late at 39, and it wasn’t as a result of dogmatic individuals such as you; in fact, quite the contrary, as I found this sort of thing off-putting.

My engagement with D had a multi-pronged purpose: challenge his views (which required I first understand them), defend my (our) faith, and evangelize. Not that I need to explain this to you.

At the end of the day, if Constance had voiced her opposition to my continued responses to D, then I would have stopped out of respect for her and her blog. Since the exact opposite was voiced by Constance, as she deemed them relevant for her own blog purposes, I won’t be silenced by you. If you disagree with her decision, why not express it to her?

You may not know that D’s initial reason for coming here was due to a blog post by Constance referencing him years ago. Since then he’s come on and off, and one of his reasons commenting here is an attempt to correct what he perceives as a mischaracterization of his beliefs with respect to the worship of Gaia.

In any case, if you (or the anons) prefer not to read my engagements with D, then no one is forcing you. You can, as Constance has mentioned many times, simply ‘collapse comments’.

in English only one question mark or exclamation mark is permissible. Notwithstanding immeasurable ignorance with regards to Latin, your mocking tone in English is punctuated with with yet more ignorance via your poor punctuation skills.

I'd suggest you 'mop it up' yet you'd no doubt inadvertently kick the bucket (which, incidentally, may not be such a bad thing)!

You are absolutely correct, of course, regarding punctuation in formal writing. But, I hardly think a blog comment qualifies as formal writing. However, this sort of thing (extra punctuation marks) is common and well-accepted in informal writing.

And, hey, no one is perfect anyway, as evidenced by your error in repeating "with" in your second sentence. Hate it when that happens.

This past Christmas I bought a book for my nephew (and myself), a budding writer (he writes some excellent short stories and poetry for a teenager). It’s titled But Can I Start a Sentence with “But”?. It contains short, snappy, and snarky answers to real questions posed to the online version of the Chicago Style Manual. On the back cover is the following Q & A, presumably from a copyeditor:

Q. Oh, English-language gurus, is it ever proper to put a question mark and an exclamation mark at the end of a sentence in formal writing? This author is giving me a fit with some of her overkill emphases, and now there is this sentence that has both marks at the end. My everlasting gratitude for letting me know what I should tell this person.

A. In formal writing, we allow both marks only in the event that the author was being physically assaulted while writing. Otherwise, no.

On the one hand, Free Speech has had recent victories, such as this one, as quoted from the NY Times: In Matal v. Tam, the [Supreme Court] justices ruled that the government can’t pick and choose which trademarks it registers based on whether they offend certain people or groups. The case was brought by the Slants [LOVE the name!], an Asian-American dance-rock band that had chosen its name — a familiar slur against people of Asian descent — to defuse its negative power. The Patent and Trademark Office rejected the name under a provision in a 70-year-old federal law prohibiting the registration of trademarks that “disparage” any “persons, living or dead, institutions, beliefs, or national symbols.”

Bravo!

But, on the other hand, free speech has been consistently under attack by ‘Social Justice Warriors’ (SJWs) on campuses and within society at large using ‘political correctness’ (PC), this PC running amok in a sea of hypocrisy and logical incoherency. Google has recently fired a (white male) employee for writing a ten page memo which detailed some of the problems with their stance on diversity and attempts to bring in more minorities in their STEM jobs, offering a counter opinion (thus exemplifying diversity of opinion) and got fired for violating some of their policies on diversity! In our current socio-political climate one can exhibit diversity of thought, but these MUST conform to current societal stances on issues of diversity—no matter how logically internally inconsistent—or risk being fired. You risk being fired by your company because of its own internal biases, or you risk SJWs contacting your employer insisting they fire you until your employer caves in under the pressure—what company wants outside negative press of how their employing is a “bigot”, “misogynist”, “homophobe”, “Nazi”, etc. no matter how ridiculous the substantial basis for the charge?.

Now the ADL has a hand in effectively shutting down YouTube channels—for those not aware, Google owns YouTube—including my running favorite Black Pigeon Speaks. Check out this short 5 minute video:

"[Reverend Matthew] Fox's new paradigm takes God the Father who is centered (unlike Brahman) above the stars, or beyond the universe, and changes Him from being 'our Father' to being our Mother ... and does so, by bringing God and His throne down into the universe and to the earth. By doing so, God becomes a Her whose throne is now on the earth. God changes from being above-the-universe-centered to being creation-centered and earth-centered, as are also Her true believers. The 'Lord’s prayer" (in part) changes to: "Thy Queendom has come; Thy perfect will, will [now] be done on earth.'"

The above quote is from my article located at https://originalblessing.ning.com/profiles/blogs/catholicism-vs-new-age-creation-spiritality-fr-mitch-pacwa-vs

In Hindu theology, Brahman is transcendent in respect to being both beyond the stars/universe/creation and also in the universe/creation. Brahman is in the creation/universe, but not of it. When the universe comes to an end Brahman will still be in the space where the universe is now located. For Hindus, Brahman is located more so in the creation than "above" and beyond it. Hindus are creation-centered.

Then why take up space here Dahlheimer? Looks like space is made for you elsewhere since we live in the land of nowhere in your way of thinking. Why bother? Why do you trifle with nothings going nowhere? Seriously, why do you peddle your papers here? We are beneath you o ex-alted one....

So you see? You are living beneath your high calling!!!!!!!!! (as i very incorrectly express my nothing to say)

If this ascended crap of yours is that good you wouldn't have to work so hard to sell it. The higher your prose the more you seem to be flailing in the mud trying to get takers at this blog. I hope it is paying you well. You must need to repeatedly keep reaffirming it so you can keep buying yourself.

"Mr. Dahlheimer has been speaking out against what he perceives are flaws in Christianity. Perhaps if he sees the logical incongruity in his own theology he may be inclined to rethink it? Perhaps that could serve as a gateway?"

Mr. Dahlheimer said to Craig (in part):

"I think that you are trying to understand my theology, but I believe that because you are caught up in a religious delusion your "logic" does not make any sense! If Christians could just understand what the New Age spiritual philosophy is all about they would be converted to it."

Craig,

Perhaps you might want to consider using another "gateway" for Mr. Dahlheimer. Based on his above statement, he holds to the belief that your "logic" "does not make any sense." He also appears to be "evangelizing" YOU (along with readers here due to the debate forum you have provided) to his "New Age spiritual philosophy."

This is precisely why the Apostle Paul admonished us not to go beyond the "first or second admonition" when dealing with heretics. You do believe Mr. Dahlheimer is a heretic, don't you?

Perhaps you and Mr. Dahlheimer would consider having a private debate by exchanging emails? At least by doing that, you wouldn't be giving him a soap box from which to declare his "New Age spiritual philosophy."

D's comment was in apparent frustration over my illustration that his own brand of New Age Gnosticism is (even more) logically incoherent (than more 'traditional' Gnosticism). As a result, he resorted to ad hominem instead of directly countering what I said.

D hardly needs my responses to him to provide a 'soapbox'. He's been freely expressing his views both before and after my lengthy engagement.

No, I don't think D is a heretic, by strict definition. Someone who claims adherence to the Christian faith yet deviates from established orthodoxy is a heretic. In the same way, one who claims to adhere to Judaism yet deviates substantially from Jewish orthodoxy is considered a heretic. D has never once claimed to be a Christian in what could be considered even a quasi-orthodox sense. He’s a New Age Gnostic. Or do you believe that any and everyone who doesn’t conform to orthodox Christianity should be called a heretic? If so, I disagree. They are simply non-believers.

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Anon 7:47 PM,

You wrote: … Jesus didn't argue with the Pharisees. He simply told the truth and then left them to argue with themselves while He moved on leaving them to their error and reaching out to those who really did want to know the truth. That is wise…

That’s no doubt true. But there’s a big difference here. Jesus, a Jew, the Jewish Messiah, was speaking to other Jewish teachers who, though they should have known better, rejected Him as Messiah. They failed to see that the Tanakh (OT) pointed to Him as Messiah. Moreover, they didn’t practice what the preached; they were hypocrites (Matt 23). He knew their hearts: “Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to her! How often I wanted to gather your children together, the way a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, and you were unwilling” (Matt 23:37, NASB).

1. A person under any religion, but particularly the christian, who holds and teaches opinions repugnant to the established faith, or that which is made the standard of orthodoxy. In strictness, among Christians, a person who holds and avows religious opinions contrary to the doctrines of Scripture, the only rule of faith and practice.2. Any one who maintains erroneous opinions.

By this definition, Mr. Dahlheimer, one that proclaims a "religion" (New Age), most certainly is a heretic, due to the fact that he proclaims numerous personal beliefs that are in direct conflict with clearly defined Biblical doctrines.

By the way, Webster's 1828 is widely recognized as the most accurate and authoritative source, among dictionaries, for the defining Biblical words.

I do not agree with your thinking that there is a difference here, Craig.

The principle of what Jesus' example shows us can cut across all lines, and time frames,in dealing with any person or people group who love their own particular brand of error. Is one thing for someone (who is any of us until the One True God's truth dawns upon our hearts) to be caught up in error, and then perhaps begin to see reason to question it because some understanding is gaining on their heart and mind by way of the Holy Spirit, but is another to continue, too long, a dialogue that only serves to give someone's erroneous bent a platform (like dealing with poor Christine Erikson as another example). Dahlheimer needs no help getting and maintaining his platform so why lend yourself at this point now to continue to be used for his purpose? You have done wonderfully, Craig, in answering this man's unreasoned and very willful, stupidity. You won the "argument" way back, but his purpose is not to find and know the truth. That is proven way back, too. I think it should suffice by now what you have made clear without further adding to make your point(s) in continuing to respond to him here. Wherever else is at your discretion.

His "understanding" and position is heretical in even attempting to admix the Bible and his New Age/Old Pagan error. Why not leave him to his choice then? Only pearls cast before a swine at this point.He has proved repeatedly that he is not open to know that the Bible is the only source of all truth, all the time, in need of no mix to "fix" it's narrative.God only strives so long with men and then He's done. When an instance came to that, Jesus always knew when to walk away. He let the willful blind stay in whatever ditch they have chosen to remain in.

You might like to consider what the Bible teaches on the preaching of another Gospel.I think there is a distinction between someone holding a false belief vs those that purpose to falsely proselytise (attempting to convert (someone) from Christianity to another religion, belief, or opinion).

2 Corinthians 11:3-4 (NIV)

3 But I am afraid that just as Eve was deceived by the serpent’s cunning, your minds may somehow be led astray from your sincere and pure devotion to Christ.4 For if someone comes to you and preaches a Jesus other than the Jesus we preached, or if you receive a different spirit from the Spirit you received, or a different gospel from the one you accepted, you put up with it easily enough.

Galatians 1:6-9 (NIV)

6 I am astonished that you are so quickly deserting the one who called you to live in the grace of Christ and are turning to a different gospel— 7 which is really no gospel at all. Evidently some people are throwing you into confusion and are trying to pervert the gospel of Christ.8 But even if we or an angel from heaven should preach a gospel other than the one we preached to you, let them be under God’s curse! 9 As we have already said, so now I say again: If anybody is preaching to you a gospel other than what you accepted, let them be under God’s curse!

2 John 9-11(NIV)

9 Anyone who runs ahead and does not continue in the teaching of Christ does not have God; whoever continues in the teaching has both the Father and the Son. 10 If anyone comes to you and does not bring this teaching, do not take them into your house or welcome them. 11 Anyone who welcomes them shares in their wicked work.

The way I read definition 1, it is the same as what I wrote @ 2:08 PM, though I can see how you could construe it more broadly. I think you understand as such:

A person under any religion, but particularly the Christian [person], who holds and teaches opinions repugnant to the established faith [of Christianity], or that which is made the standard of orthodoxy [in Christianity]. In strictness, among Christians, a person [of any religious persuasion] who holds and avows religious opinions contrary to the doctrines of Scripture, the only rule of faith and practice.

This is how I understand it:

A person under any religion, but particularly the Christian [religion], who holds and teaches opinions repugnant to the established faith [of the Christian for the Christian, or of the Jewish faith for the Jew, etc.], or that which is made the standard of orthodoxy [for the religion in question].

Or stated a bit differently, but to the same effect, though probably more clearly making my point by omitting “but particularly the Christian”:

A person under any religion who holds and teaches opinions repugnant to the established faith [of a particular religion], or that which is made the standard of orthodoxy [for that particular religion].

I judge that this is the proper way to read it given that the next sentence is part of the same sub-definition for 1:

In strictness, among Christians, a [Christian] person who holds and avows religious opinions contrary to the doctrines of Scripture, the only rule of faith and practice.

That is, with respect to Christianity, a heretic is one who professes to be Christian yet holds and teaches opinions at variance with Scripture, which is the only rule of faith and practice for Christians. Since the first sentence of the sub-definition was more general (though stating that Christianity is the religion most likely to use the term “heretic”--but particularly the Christian), the second one further defined what the term specifically entailed for the Christian.

I’m not so sure about your claim regarding Webster’s 1828 being an authoritative source for defining Biblical words. The definition here for “heretic” is a modern definition, and it would be anachronistic to impose that on Titus 3:10—the only occurrence of the word in Scripture. Check out Strong’s (“heretic” is #141) or Thayer’s Greek-English Lexicon (it’s online).

An excellent source for your purposes would by Spiro Zodhiates’ The Complete Word Study New Testament (King James Version edition). I have a copy of this. It has the entire NT tagged with Strong’s numbers, and includes a concordance and dictionary, the latter in numerical order by Strong’s numbering (plus it contains Greek helps). This work defines 141 as schismatic. Thayer’s defines it schismatic, factious. These are good definitions, as the word is actually an adjective in Scripture, which is followed by the Greek word for man (or human). Thus, the NASB renders it a factious man. A schismatic/factious person is one who claims to be part of a particular group (in this case, Christianity) while holding views that disagree in part with the group.

The D is duplicitous much as the fruit of the tree and his light bearer that gave it to him.

Pro 14:12 There is a way which seems right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.The D does not stand for dialog as he is convinced in his belief set much as Craig is his.The D does not answer or have discourse with you when you point out his error, nor can he aka reprobate in his belief set.

2Co 6:14 Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness?

1Pe 3:15 But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts: and be ready always to give an answer to every man that ask you a reason of the hope that is in you with meekness and fear:The D is NOT entreating you of your hope or faith in God, but rather spewing his belief set and enjoys watching you twist yourself in a knot in an attempt to prove him wrong.The pearls before swine could not be a better analogy.

Modern-day scientific discoveries, one after another, continue to pile up indisputable proof that the Bible scriptures that were written thousands of years ago and in which Christians base their doctrines on are deceptive. This is why, today, we are witnessing the Christian God's scripture-prophesied end-times "great falling away" from the Christian religion.

The New Age spiritual philosophy provides a replacement belief system for those who have "fallen away" from false doctrines and are looking for a way to continue following Jesus Christ.

The general approach to God in the West has been to see him as transcendent, above and beyond his creation, only to be worshiped from afar, beyond the stars, or millions of light years away. The approach of the East, on the other hand, is to see God as primarily immanent, or creation-centered, in man and all creation, "closer than hand or foot, closer than the breath." The New Age movement will synthesize these two approaches and usher in the "anti-Christ" New World Order of "peace and security."

Thomas Dahlheimer, you wrote: Modern-day scientific discoveries, one after another, continue to pile up indisputable proof that the Bible scriptures that were written thousands of years ago and in which Christians base their doctrines on are deceptive. This is why, today, we are witnessing the Christian God's scripture-prophesied end-times "great falling away" from the Christian religion.

Cognitive dissonance much? So, you think the Bible is anti-science and not to be trusted, but you use a portion of it to ‘prove’ that it is prophetic, thereby ascribing legitimacy to it?! LOL!

" but you use a portion of it to ‘prove’ that it is prophetic, thereby ascribing legitimacy to it?! LOL!"

Yes. Stupid isn't it?

Poor Mr. Dahlheimer is blind with a dark jealous heart and mind, blocking his own view to see and know the truth. Error must pay well in his estimation, for this little moment of earthly life, since it brings nothing else with it...Oh yes, what is fake will fall away..and happening now big time...and only serves to prove what is truly true never ever suffered one moment of loss, outlasting and outshining all else.

I’ve looked at the various Scriptures marshalled out in defense of your stance, and, IMO, I find them wanting (I’m not inviting him into my home, we’re hardly “yoked” together, etc.). Initially, I thought Matthew 7:6 would be viable, but after some research, I’ve changed my mind. Specifically, it was Rudolf Schnackenburg’s The Gospel of Matthew (transl. by Robert R. Barr [Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 2002], p 75) that persuaded me. In it, he observed how the Didache (from Greek meaning “teaching”, ca. 96AD) referenced this verse to support excluding the unbaptized from the Eucharist/communion. Of this verse he writes:

Here is a puzzling pair of propositions (the dogs and the swine), all the more so in view of the connected warning (lest one be trampled, then mauled). Obscure as the original sense is, in the Matthean context the passage may have been a call to the defense of their sacred goods. Does it have to do with their liturgy, after the fashion of the subsequent reference to prayer (7:11)?...In the Old Testament, “what is holy,” “that which is holy,” is meat offered in sacrifice…and “dogs” (like swine) becomes in Judaism a metaphor for Gentiles…Stated in climactic progression, the meaning is that which is most precious…is not to be surrendered to the scornful…That could have destroyed the community as a sacred fellowship…Interpretations supposing concrete references, be these “the holy” (as referring to wisdom utterances, the gospel, the Eucharist) or of “dogs” and “swine” (villains, Gentiles, apostates), are scarcely sound ones.

What really happened at Charlottesville? From what I understand the ‘Unite the Right’ side had permits to demonstrate (peacefully assemble) at the Robert E. Lee park. An organizer spoke with Charlottesville police to secure the event. Then the Commonwealth of Virginia changed their minds, telling them they could instead assemble at another park. With the help of the ACLU a federal judge declared that the permit was lawful. However, Virginia still said they could not have their event there.

With permit secured by the federal judge, they went anyway. On Saturday, State Police in riot gear cut the part in half, with three sides of the remaining area contained by their perimeter. This effectively blocked a number of planned attendees, making the turnout much smaller.

On the ‘open’ side came the Antifa (a communist organization) and Black Lives Matter. Reportedly, they hurled balloons full of urine and feces at the Unite the Right side. I saw footage of BLM members carrying bats (billy clubs) during the course of the event. I can’t say for sure who started the skirmishes, but below are a number of videos claiming the violence all started from the left.

At some point early on Saturday, police (not sure if what was Charlottesville or State police) told that to disburse because the Commonwealth deemed it “an unlawful assembly”. On what grounds, I wonder? The Antifa/BLM side did not have a permit for their counter protest, and there was no police in between the two factions, as is usual for demonstrations of this sort. Some on the United the Right, including reporters asked if the police would open a portion of the barricades so that the demonstrators would not have to exit through the agitated Antifa/BLM side. The officers refused.

The MSM universally claimed it was the ‘right’ who started and perpetrated the violence, including, initially, Fox News. However, Tucker Carlson got it mostly right. (I don’t agree with the overall message of the YouTuber who recorded Carlso, judging by his t-shirts for sale.):

I think this sets a dangerous precedence for ‘free speech’. I may disagree with (some of) those protesters, but I firmly believe they had a right to assemble. What happened there with Antifa/BLM is the same thing that has been recurring across America: they are given mostly a free pass to do whatever they want, with little to no arrests made.

You may need to put on your tin foil hat for this next part. Who actually drove the vehicle into the crowd? Some have asserted out that the driver doesn’t look like the man arrested. I dunno. However, I noticed right away that when the individual put the car in reverse and sped away he did so expertly, in a straight line. I challenge anyone to do that. Moreover, apparently the air bag did not deploy, and the front end looked as if it had been reinforced, judging by the relative damage the impact had on the car it hit.

I’ve been reading scores of YouTube comments on videos over the past few months. I know there are trolls—those who may not even ascribe to the view they espouse commenting just to get a rise out of others—but there are an alarming amount of neo-Nazi advocates/sympathizers commenting. This is a direct reaction to being told in school that whites are the problem in the world, especially males. Moreover, look up “white privilege” and “male privilege” to get an idea. This is further entrenching those on the Antifa/BLM side.

Some have proclaimed that a civil war has started. I’m concerned.

On another note, the feminist backlash against Cassie Jaye’s documentary (which implicitly illustrates her gradually becoming an anti-feminist) on men’s rights over against the ills caused by feminism (to include a spike in male suicide rates due to unfair custody arrangements—such as not being able to see kids based on false domestic violence/rape charges—overly burdensome financial support, etc.), was deemed ‘unacceptable’ by both feminists AND media, effectively blocking it from being shown at movie houses across the West. Once again, stifling free speech.

Thanks for the link. I’d read about this in a YouTube comment, and I’m undecided, specifically:

As evidence of all this, note that Jason Kessler, the organizer of the Charlottesville event, actually worked for Obama and the Occupy movement just a few months ago. This man is a professional activist and social engineer who whips up big events on the world’s stage in order to achieve highly visible outcomes that can be seized by the mainstream media to condemn Trump supporters by labeling them all racists and “KKK.”

Much of the organized Left is funded either directly or indirectly by George Soros, the same radical left-wing operator who undercut freedom and liberty across numerous European countries.

Could Kessler have changed sides ideologically because he’s simply changed his mind after the backlash of the election or because he’s a free speech activist? I dunno. The A&E reference in that article may have nothing to do with Charlottesville.

But this part I definitely agree with:

Meanwhile, the media is using the hatred and division to try to dethrone President Trump, and Antifa is using the chaos to push for its goal to terrorize America while overthrowing the government and installing communism.

Antifa get a free pass in the media. They claim to be “anti-fascists” all the while using tactics that fascists use. And they label anyone who supports Trump, no matter how many caveats are stated, and Trump himself as “Nazis”. Anyone to the right of Antifa is called “alt-right” > “fascist” > “Nazi”. Schools have drilled into students that Nazism was bad (it was), while totally ignoring the evils of communism. So, violence against “Nazis” is deemed acceptable. Just look up “punch a Nazi”.

The left is the one who starts the violence, but the media only (largely) reports any violence by the right—even if it was in self-defense. Thankfully, due to the diligence of 4Chan or /pol/ some have finally gotten arrested, such as BAMN (By Any Means Necessary) leader Yvette Felarca, Eric Canton (bike lock attacker), and Ishmael Camru. See this video by LA Werewolf (Mexican-American Libertarian living in CA); I largely agree with him though I take exception a bit with his delivery. He got one thing wrong in the video: the raising of the Antifa flag (again, which promotes Communism) was in Minneapolis, not in Charlottesville:

Speaking of histrionique, the MSM media’s reaction to Trump’s statements regarding Charlottesville are just too much! I’m not a fan of Mark Dice’s delivery (I do like his “Liberalism: Find a Cure” t-shirt idea, though), but the guy has over a 1 million subscribers on YouTube (more than Fox News), and he shows some media and talk show host’s reactions:

I think we are starting to experience our own version of Mao's "Cultural Revolution", where opposition to the "established truth" and to Chairman Mao's grand communist vision of the future of China was met with prison, or re-education camps, or at the very least being shunned by your neighbors and friends who had drunk the Red Koolaid (communist propaganda).

We are having to be more and more selective about not only what we say, but who we say it to, and where.

And you can be sure that the Right has been infiltrated by the Left. It is standard practice to control the opposition, to make it ineffective. The best way to control the opposition is to infiltrate - to pretend to be who you are not. That's why I think it plausible that Kessler is one of those infiltrators. He did not change ideologies overnight, or at all - he only acts as though he did. We Americans find it hard to believe someone would do that, because we underestimate our enemies almost every time.

In this short video, Stefan Molyneux brilliantly describes the "Alt-Left Among Us," along with sobering statistics that show how wide and deep the radical Left has infiltrated virtually every aspect of society.

I think the best thing that came out of this past election cycle is the 'fake news' claim. Regardless of who started it or why, it is making people think and be more skeptical of the media and political minions and their handlers.

I’m finding some more, purportedly, about the “Unite the Right”. If true, they should have called themselves “United the White”…supremacists. In the following is a video showing various chats with Nazi, neo-Nazi and racist images. Disgusting. Jason Kessler has one chat on it saying “Heimbach was okay when I talked to him earlier today”. Don’t know yet who Heimbach is, though apparently one who attended Charlottesville.

I did just a little checking into Identity Evropa, and they appear to cross the line into white supremacy, though I want to withhold judgment. I’ve never been quite comfortable with the name of the self-described “white nationalists”, with “white” as the qualifier, which, to me, implies separatism at the least. Richard Spencer, a prominent speaker at UTR event (and other like events), is president of the National Policy Institute, a group that appears to want to bring back racial segregation, among other things.

Nonetheless, if this group had a permit to peacefully assemble—and it appears they did—then they should have been able to peacefully assemble. And the police should have been able to do their jobs—not given ‘stand down’ orders.

Antifa has a Facebook page called It’s Going Down. Does that not sound confrontational? It has comments/posts talking about the event. There are pro and con comments. It’s worth a glance to get an idea.

I've never been a fan of the Van. I'd not known that Starhawk was an admirer. I'll never forget his statement after Trump's election victory: "It was a whitelash against a black president, in part. And that’s part of where the pain comes."

More histrionics and fake victimization. Not to mention racist. Oh wait, I forgot: according to what the liberal schools teach, only whites can be racist. Blacks cannot.

Can you imagine if a white person called Obama's election win a "blacklash"?!

Yvette Felarca in her own words regarding the February Berkeley incident. In her warped mind Milo Yiannopolis, a Jewish gay man (who claims to be a Catholic) preferring black men, is a fascist and white supremacist. She claims Trump (and Bannon) is a fascist, as well. The violence form the ‘alt-left’ (Antifa/BAMN) that prevented Milo from speaking at Berkeley should be continued, in her opinion. (And it sure did in Charlottesville):

You wrote: "Cognitive dissonance much? So, you think the Bible is anti-science and not to be trusted, but you use a portion of it to ‘prove’ that it is prophetic, thereby ascribing legitimacy to it?! LOL!"

I now that parts of the Bible are anti-science and not to be trusted and so do you. There is an evil supernatural being that inspired parts of the Bible and there is a good supernatural Being that inspired the rest of the Bible. Why can't you understand this simple reasoning and logic? Discernment as to which scriptures present the truth and which ones to not is necessary to known the truth.

As you know, New Age theology and the Eastern religions' theology are similar. I believe in the following theology.

http://veda.wikidot.com/brahma

"Brahma is the God of Creation and He is attributed to the creation of the brahmãnd (entire universe) and the life forms within it."

"All creations arise out of vikshepa (thought disturbances). This vikshepa-sakti is Lord Brahma-the total mind-intellect equipment. Man, being essentially constituted of his mind and intellect, has already invoked this vikshepasakti and realised Brahma. Hence the worship and invocation of Brahma is practiced by few."

"Lord Brahma is not popularly worshipped in India. This is so, because the idea of creation is repugnant to seeker of Truth since the creation of thoughts has veiled the infinite Reality. The attempt of all spiritual seekers is to destroy the existing thoughts and maintain the state of single pointed thought until the Reality is revealed."

Dahlheimer, you wrote: I now [sic] that parts of the Bible are anti-science and not to be trusted and so do you.

And you pretend to be able to read my mind? I've never said or implied such a thing.

But this is just a deflection on your part, as you cannot escape and rectify your logical incongruity in your statement that the Bible isn't to be trusted yet can be relied upon as prophecy. Your statement is just as logically incoherent as your theology and cosmology.

I am not saying that if I believe that a particular Bible scripture is inspired by the "good supernatural Being" that it can be relied upon as authentic prophecy. When I quote a Bible prophecy I am just saying I believe (I could be wrong) that that particular prophecy is authentic and true. How delusional are you, when you can not admit that some of the Bible scriptures do not tell the truth. It the earth flat? Was the universe created in six day?

To all:

When Obama was the president he said: "In our home country, slavery and Jim Crow all too often was justified in the name of Christ." We can’t deny that lynching—in all of its grotesque brutality—was an act of religious significance justified by the Christianity of the day.

Celebratory acts of white racial control and domination were rituals. And specifically, they were rituals of Southern evangelicalism and its then-dogma of purity, literalism, and white supremacy. Christianity was the primary lens through which most southerners conceptualized and made sense of suffering and death of any sort. Many defenders of lynching understood their acts as a Christian duty, consecrated as God’s will against racial transgression.

Under various theological and legal doctrines formulated during and after the Crusades, non-Christians were considered enemies of the Catholic faith and, as such, less than human. Accordingly, in the bull of 1452, Pope Nicholas directed King Alfonso to "capture, vanquish, and subdue the saracens, pagans, and other enemies of Christ," to "put them into perpetual slavery," [slavery is condoned in the Bible scriptures] and "to take all their possessions and property."

In the Inter Cetera document, Pope Alexander stated his desire that the "discovered" people be "subjugated and brought to the faith itself." By this means, said the pope, the "Christian Empire" would be propagated. Catholic and non-Catholic, Christian European Monarchs accepted this document.

It is important to recognize that the grim acts of genocide and conquest committed by Columbus and his men against the peaceful Native people of the Caribbean were sanctioned by the above mentioned documents of the Catholic Church. Indeed, these papal documents were frequently used by Christian European conquerors in the Americas to justify an incredibly brutal system of colonization - which dehumanized the indigenous people by regarding their territories as being "inhabited only by brute animals."

The Bible scriptures, and the Christian religion which is based on them, are, together, the root cause of most of the evil racism in America.

Just a bit more time and you will see for yourself, and know for yourself, how wrong your idea of God's Word is.......Who He is. In fact, the entire world will know, as God Himself will remove all doubt. By the way, you should read God's declaration about the earth (and the heaven's) He made. Not take our word for it.

If you can man up in honesty.....

.....try reading Isaiah 40:22 and Proverbs 8:27 and see it's clear meaning can show you what your intellect won't allow. That's just for starters...

But be on the wrong side of Him all you insist. The LORD is a gentleman and allows you to determine your choice.And it's consequences. You will not be able to say you were misinformed when one day you must give an answer for yourself. You won't be able to say you were not given multiple times and opportunities to know the truth and stay with it. You will see them all flash before your face, before God and everyone, what God's grace has afforded all people, through every era, and...you too, much more than willing to take into account. You are just a people too.

Chris Matthews got a dose of reality here. He started asking SLIGHTLY probing questions and these people immediately throw their hands up as if such a thing is beyond reason. These people are not right in the head. It's a cult like mentality and its dangerous.ANTIFA targets and attacks anyone who stands in the way of their communist agenda. Notice nobody in the media ever calls them out as communists.

Is the Kekistani flag a racist/white supremacist symbol? For those who’ve no clue, the following video will help. Basically, it’s an internet meme that was expanded (KEK, which is transliterated Korean for LOL), using Pepe the frog as its ‘god’. It’s all a big JOKE, but it’s in a sense real, as it pokes fun at identity politics. (“Sh*tposting” is trolling = folks on the internet saying dumb things to get a rise out of others who don’t get the joke.) “Normie” are folks who don’t understand any of this:

There are MANY in-jokes for individuals who know various SJWs (Social Justice Warriors) and associated lingo. (“Cuckistan”—for cucks—due it’s malignant nature is believed to have been near the Tropic of Cancer!!)

The (un)official leader is Big Man Tyrone—a black man. The official song is “Shadilay”, and the official chant/battle cry is “REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE”.

I post this not to be off-topic, but to illustrate that the MSM has NO CLUE about this, and even ANTIFA claims the Kekistani flag is racist/white supremacist. Yes, there’s no doubt that in some ways it resembles the WWII Nazi flag, and perhaps some have appropriated the Kekistani flag/meme for their own ends; but, that does not mean the Kekistani flag and Pepe the frog are racist symbols—as Big Man Tyrone illustrates.

Today, Cliff Kincaid posted a peace entitled "They're Protesting Columbus." Prior to reading his post, I submitted letters on this topic to the editors of two Minnesota county newspapers.

One letter read:

Dear editor,

America was founded as a white racist and Christian religious bigoted nation. When Obama was President he said, during a National prayer breakfast: "In our home country, slavery and Jim Crow all too often was justified in the name of Christ." Today, Confederate monuments are coming down across the U.S.A.. What's next? What I would like to see next is statues of Christopher Columbus and Christian crosses coming down all across the U.S.A..

When Christopher Columbus sailed across the Atlantic Ocean and first set foot on a Native occupied and owned island in the western hemisphere he performed a ceremony to take possession of (or steal) these Native's land for the Spanish Monarchy, acting under the international laws of Western Christendom.

A growing number of people are becoming aware that his act of taking "possession" of these island Native's land was based on a Christian doctrine that had been transformed into an international legal construct, now known as the Doctrine of Discovery, a "Doctrine" used to justify the founding the U.S. A.. And more and more people are also realizing that today - five centuries later - the United States government still uses this evil Christian doctrine to deny the rights of this land's Native peoples.

Forty years before Columbus' historic voyage in 1452, Pope Nicholas V issued to King Alfonso V of Portugal the bull Romanus Pontifex, declaring war against all non-Christians throughout the world, and specifically sanctioning and promoting the conquest, colonization, and exploitation of non-Christian nations and their territories. I believe that the Bible scripture Psalms 79:6 was used to "justify" this Papal bull. It reads:"Pour out thy wrath upon the heathen that have not known thee, and upon the kingdoms that have not called upon thy name."

Pope Nicholas V directed King Alfonso to "capture, vanquish, and subdue the saracens, pagans, and other enemies of Christ," to "put them into perpetual slavery," and "to take all their possessions and property." Old and New Testament Bible scriptures condone slavery. The Bible is full of hate speech. And modern-day scientific discoveries have proven that the Garden of Eden story in the Bible is a myth. Evidence of one of these discoveries can be found in a National Geographic Youtube.com video entitled Scientific Adam. Some first century people mistakenly took the Garden of Eden story literally and then used it to establish the Christian religion's central foundational doctrine on. I believe that Christianity is a false, hateful and anti-science religion and that it needs to quickly come to an end.

America was founded as a white racist and Christian religious bigoted nation. When Obama was President he said, during a National prayer breakfast: "In our home country, slavery and Jim Crow all too often was justified in the name of Christ." Today, Confederate monuments are coming down across the U.S.A.. What's next? What I would like to see next is statues of Christopher Columbus and Christian crosses coming down all across the U.S.A..

When Columbus sailed across the Atlantic Ocean and first set foot on a Native occupied and owned island in the western hemisphere he performed a ceremony to take possession of (or steal) these Native's land for the Spanish Monarchy, acting under the international laws of Western Christendom.

A growing number of people are becoming aware that his act of taking "possession" of these island Native's land was based on a Christian doctrine that had been transformed into an international legal construct, now known as the Doctrine of Discovery, a Doctrine used to "justify" the founding the U.S.A.. And more and more people are also realizing that today - five centuries later - the United States government still uses this evil Christian doctrine to deny the rights of this land's Native peoples.

Forty years before Columbus' historic voyage in 1452, Pope Nicholas V issued to King Alfonso V of Portugal the bull Romanus Pontifex, declaring war against all non-Christians throughout the world, and specifically sanctioning and promoting the conquest, colonization, and exploitation of non-Christian nations and their territories.

This papal bull directed King Alfonso to "subdue the pagans, and other enemies of Christ," to "put them into perpetual slavery," and "to take all their possessions and property." Old and New Testament Bible scriptures condone slavery. Evolution and resent DNA and Y-chromosome scientific discoveries prove that the Garden of Eden story, which the Christian religion is based on, is a myth. I believe that Christianity is a false, hateful and anti-science religion and that it needs to quickly come to an end.

Here's a very succinct response: You and others who try to impose today's standards on American forefathers are guilty of historical revisionism. To expect that someone from the 16th, 17th, 18th, or 19th century should be held to 21st century 'standards' is anachronistic. It's ridiculous.

Whether you like it or not many of America's forefathers were Bible-believing brainwashed Christian, white supremacists evil-doers who had very little respect for indigenous peoples'fundamental human rights. Therefore, they were responsible for genocide, slavery, ethnic cleansing and other atrocities. There is no excuse for their behavior. The indigenous peoples of this land will remain subjugated and oppressed until these so-called heroes of yours are put in their rightful place, they were villains. And their adherence to the Christian religion had a lot to do with why they were villains. Your attempt to cover up the guilt of these villains is an attempt to cover up the guilt of your Christian religion. I hope that you will repent and come to the truth.

So, I suppose the indigenous American "Indians" did not kill one another before and after colonization by the Europeans? There is not one people group across this earth that is not guilty of some sort of oppression over another. Not one. And there's not one people group that had not been oppressed. Not one.

quoting Dahlheimer"__Old and New Testament Bible scriptures condone slavery. Evolution and resent DNA and Y-chromosome scientific discoveries prove that the Garden of Eden story, which the Christian religion is based on, is a myth. I believe that Christianity is a false, hateful and anti-science religion and that it needs to quickly come to an end."

So if that's the way you feel then why do you repeatedly quote the Bible and say that it means something completely different than most people believe, or that it's saying something entirely different than what Christians think, impiying that it's a truly amazing book, but just misunderstood ?You want it both ways; sometimes it's a totally misunderstood book, twisted horribly by religious zealots, and then, a while later, (as above), it's just a pack of lies. Which is it Tommy? You're a real bald-faced liar, dude. The worst kind.

Today, there is a booklet advertised on the Light House Trails website. It's entitled:

SHACK THEOLOGY: Universalism, TBN, Oprah, and the New Age - By Warren B. Smith

Smith wrote:

"On the 'Journeying to Goddess' website, under the heading 'Goddess Papa,' we read that Papa is 'the Earth Mother who gave birth to all things' and that 'Polynesians summon Papa to help in all earthly matters.'”

"There is nothing new about saying, 'I am God.' . . . However, in the Judeo-Christian-Moslem world, God is usually not popularly understood as a universal presence, the ground of all being. 27—New Age leader David Spangler (emphasis added)"

"The Shack’s 'Jesus' proclaims that his Papa 'God' is 'the ground of all being' because he “dwells in, around, and through all things.”46 In other words, The Shack’s Jesus says that The Shack’s Papa indwells everyone and everything. This is the same universal God that New Age leader David Spangler describes in the beginning quote of this article. But this is panentheism, and this is a lie. This is the foundational teaching of the New Age/New Spirituality/New Worldview that has been rapidly emerging both in the world and in the church."

It's not the foundational teaching of the New Age/New Spirituality/New Worldview. Smith deceptively tries to make his readers believe that New Age leader David Spangle believes that "the Mother Earth" is "God."

When referring to Mother Earth, David Spangler wrote: "It is generally not accorded the status of being the ultimate source, or Creator, but might be looked upon as a great angelic or archangelic being presiding over the well being of the world, or as the gestalt, the wholeness of all the lives and patterns that manifest upon, and as, the earth [Mother Earth]."

For better or worse, our flawed American history is what it is. That's why it is called 'history.' It is absolute insanity to imagine that by destroying a few monuments... our American history can be selectively reinvented or erased in order to promote some futuristic 'utopia' New World Order agenda.

This is an excellent ‘undercover’ video, exposing just who the AntiFa (and BLM) is at yesterday’s (no permit) ‘event’ in Durham. They actually had a photo of Karl Marx on display. Why isn’t the MSM interviewing people on the street?

Over this past weekend, there were 64 shootings in Chicago (somewhat typical weekend for Chicago. Most of these shootings are "Black on Black" crimes, usually gang/drug related. Chicago has literally become a war zone, and yet, where are the protests, the marching in the streets, etc. demanding change?

Last I checked, none of the "offensive statues" shot anyone. But hey, if removing "offensive statues" makes the mob feel good (and also plays into the hands of the New World Order), go for it!

We know the globalists are pretty happy with that scenario as it fits their agenda, RayB. All over the place chaos is getting the chance to creep in and in some places already entrenched like Chicago. The way is paved now for the world to go total like Isaiah describes it. A time when evil is called good and good is called evil. We are seeing it first hand and looks like the normal but not new for a while now so I 'm not looking for a reverse of it..until the Lord comes. Even so come quickly Lord Jesus.

A resent article posted on the Light House Trails website is entitled Evolutionary Beliefs Versus the Unconquerable God - by Roger Oakland and Caryl Matrisciana.

Quotes from the article read:

"This [God created man Bible] truth has been a stumbling block to many who choose rather to believe [in evolution] that man was not created by God but evolved and is the end product of some unguided process of chance and time."

"Millions of people are being duped by the false spiritual idea that our society continues on an upward evolutionary pathway, that mankind is on the verge of entering a brand-new age of consciousness and awareness that will come as a so-called quantum leap in man’s evolutionary process. As we are presently witnessing in today’s society, man’s decision to eliminate God by propagating the lie of evolution has ignited a wildfire of New Age/new spirituality thinking and mentality which openly encourages contact with the occult, worship of self, and denial of a biblical God."

A New York Times article excerpt reads: "Mr. Creme said he was a student of the writings of Helena P. Blavatsky and Alice A. Bailey, whose books have had a profound influence on that diverse range of contemporary spiritual beliefs called New Age -- a blend of elements of Eastern and Western mysticism and a strong dose of self-improvement thinking."

Paramhansa Yogananda (1893-1952), a world renowned Eastern mystic, had a New Age mission to blend the Hindu and Christian religions into a single religion, he wrote:

"The human body was therefore not solely a result of evolution from beasts, but was produced by an act of special creation by God. The animal forms were too crude to express full divinity; the human being was uniquely given a tremendous mental capacity the 'thousand-petaled lotus' of the brain as well as acutely awakened occult centers in the spine."

Amen! Things will continue to spin out of control, as evidenced by what we are witnessing ... and it is all by design. Out of the chaos the Globalists have created, they will create the final, earthly government of the Satanic, Anti-Christ One World Government. BUT, it won't last for long!

Matthew 24:37-39

"But as the days of Noah were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark,And knew not until the flood came, and took THEM all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be." Note: pre-trib rapturists falsely interpret the "them" to be God's people ... it clearly is not. It is the wicked that were destroyed and "taken away" by the flood ... just as Christ will destroy His enemies when He returns. John 5: 26-29

Also, it's interesting to see what Genesis has to say about Noah's time:

"And God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was evil continually." Genesis 6:5

"The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence." Gen. 6:11

I recall when I was a kid my mom told me something like "sticks and stones may break my bones but statues will never hurt me". Or something like that.

On a more serious note, I think Charles Krauthammer had the sanest reflection on this. He said that each statue should be looked at in its historical context. Apparently, some of the statues were erected during the Jim Crow era in defiance. With that in mind, I'd have no trouble taking the latter down, with this caveat: Let's go through proper channels, rather than just having a mob come in and tear them down, or vandalize them.

As for the other statues not erected due to Jim Crow, they are a piece of our history. They should stay, IMO. In any case, taking down a statue that may appear to be a symbol of racism for some will not remove the racism in the heart of any racist.

I've been waiting for Sharpton, Jackson, BLM and the other race baiters to address the 'Chicago problem', as well as other predominately black inhabited areas that are infested with black-on-black crime, head on. That is a local community problem, not one that can be blamed on society at large--or any segment of the larger society.

I like Charles Barkley's response:

I’ve always ignored them!” he said. “Rick, I’m 54 years old. I’ve never thought about those statues a day in my life. I think if you asked most black people to be honest, they ain’t thought a day in their life about those stupid statues. What we as black people need to do: We need to worry about getting our education, we need to stop killing each other, we need to try to find a way to have more economic opportunity and things like that. Those things are important and significant. You know, I’m wasting time and energy [if I’m] screaming at a neo-Nazi, or [saying] ‘Man, you’ve got to take this statue down.’

"That is a local community problem, not one that can be blamed on society at large--or any segment of the larger society."

True, but the problem is wider and deeper than that because, by and large, society is not dealing with this in a good way. Media is certainly doing it's part to make sure those who want the wrong kind of attention are getting it.

So many factors are in play to keep the level of anx rising. There are sure lots of useful idiots these days with their own individual agendas, but also very convenient for those looking to effect change in society at large, to create the chaos that propels a global mindset for how to address issues. Crisis certainly does equal opportunity. And who loves to infiltrate and keep stirring the pot for violence to increase among people who are already compromised to use situations directly and indirectly to the hilt? So locally and globally the purpose for evil is being served. Violence is gaining ground the world over.

Charles Barkley is no doubt correct, in what he is saying about the statues and what response should be to them, but the pot is stirred almost continually now since the Obama drama presidency and influence that did, and still does, make sure there are lots of situations that are gasoline doused with lit matches handy to keep fires burning. These are the last days the Bible speaks of. All is coming full circle......as in the days of Noah as RayB pointed out.

I agree with you ... I also saw Krauthammer's interview. His solution was, IMO, very reasonable. However, these people are being manipulated by a well-financed, organized cabal that are not interested in rational solutions. Their real aim is not in "removing offensive" statues, but rather, to bring into question the very foundation of our nation, i.e. our founding documents. For example; if James Madison (the author of the Constitution) was a "slave owner," what credibility is there regarding what he wrote? Already, the MSM is kiting the idea that "maybe the 1st. Amendment goes too far?" Again, first attack the statues, then attack ALL of their ideas.

These very same tactics have been repeated over and over again by "revolutionaries" throughout history. Lenin was an admitted student of the French Revolution (the true history of which is foreign to most people) and used the very same tactics for his own revolution. Hired, agents provocateur were used extensively during the French Rev. in order to create the false impression that the majority of the French people opposed the monarchy. In our country, ANTIFA, Black Lives Matter, etc. are being financed and hired by outside sources(Soros, etc.) in order to create the necessary chaos that is required for "regime change." Amazingly, few see the fascist tactics being employed by ANTIFA, BLM, etc. and fail to "see" as well the Communist symbols in much of their signs and banners. (Fascism & Communism had much in common; both were big government entities rooted in despotic totalitarianism)

Unfortunately, and sadly, the majority of Americans still believe and rely on the MSM for their perceived factual news source. The majority too, do not read. A non-reading public is easily duped, because their non-analytical thought patterns can be easily manipulated. The Father of modern mass marketing, Edward Bernays, proved that analogy to be true over and over again in a variety of ways. Whether he was hired to sell women cigarettes (marketed as "freedom torches") or wars, Bernays proved how easy, and effective, it was to manipulate the masses.

The Deep State has available to them tools that are incredibly effective, especially when applied to the non-educated, gullible, unquestioning, sound bite masses. We are entering a very, very dangerous time in our history. I sincerely pity anyone that does not have their lives anchored firmly upon the finished work of Jesus Christ and His unchanging Word. IMO, these are truly going to be times that "try men's souls."

I’m aware of what you write and in agreement with it (see my earlier post regarding WH petitions, my comment about historical revisionism/anachronism related to imposing today’s standards on our forebears, etc.). And, yes I agree that the goal is to cast doubt on the entire fabric upon which America was built. No doubt a civil war is being pushed, with a pre-planned solution in place.

I had dinner with some friends Sunday, and I told them that I view ‘left’ vs. ‘right’ not as a continuum, but as a circle. At the top of the circle are folks politically in the middle, to the left are leftists, but groups like Antifa go so far left they are circling back toward the right. Similarly, folks on the far right start circling leftward. Both the far left and the far right exhibit totalitarian traits (stifling free speech with threats of, or actual, violence, e.g.), but as of now it’s the far left that’s the most vocal and populated.

To anyone with a shred of common sense it’s painfully clear this is all a set-up. In all these situations the police stand down—because of apparent orders from higher-ups. Arrests are only made in the most egregious situations. I mean, seriously, the Antifa are blatantly anti-police (as are BLM), yet the cops just let them go? To any thinking person this must be by design.

“We believe that Mr. Holtzclaw was deprived of his due process right to a fair trial because the State misused DNA evidence – a powerful form of forensic evidence – and trial defense counsel did not correct crucial forensic science misrepresentations and omissions, such that the DNA evidence at the heart of the trial and lacking probative value was extremely prejudicial, corrupting the investigation of Mr. Holtzclaw and impacting the verdict. We believe that Mr. Holtzclaw’s conviction should be overturned and he should be given a new trial.”

In the Lighthouse Trails posted article entitled "Evolutionary Beliefs Versus the Unconquerable God," written by Roger Oakland and Caryl Matrisciana, these two writers, together, stated: "Man’s pride argues that the biblical perspective of creation is unscientific [or untruthful, a deceptive lie], ..."

Contrary to what the Bible scriptures say, since the origins of life on earth, living things have suffered and death was inevitable for all of them, including fish, reptiles, birds, mammals and later, for the first humans also.

Genesis 1:30 reads: "...and to every beast of the earth and to every bird of the sky and to every thing that moves on the earth which has life, I have given every green plant for food"; and it was so..." The Catechism of the Roman Catholic Church says: "Jesus came to restore creation to the purity of its origins" (CCC, n. 2336). A Bible scripture states that "the creation itself," will be "delivered from its bondage to corruption" (Romans 8:21). Isaiah 65:25 says: The wolf and the lamb shall graze together; the lion shall eat straw like the ox,..."

St. John of Damascus wrote: "The creation of all things is due to God, but corruption came in afterwards due to our wickedness. For God did not make death, neither does He take delight in the destruction of living things" (Wisdom 1:13). But death is the work rather of man, that is, its origin is in Adam's transgression."

St. Basil the Great wrote: "...it is customary for vultures to feed on corpses, but since there were not yet [before Adam's transgression] corpses, nor yet their stench, so there was not yet such food for vultures. But [before Adam's transgression] all [animals] followed the diet of swans and all grazed the meadows."

According to the scriptures, "Adam" ("the first human") sinned and the creation consequently "fell into a state of corruption," causing many animals to become carnivorous. However, scientifically discovered truth has proven that the first human beings from which we are all descendants came into existence around 200,000 years ago and violent complex carnivorous animals came into existence hundreds of millions of years before the first humans came forth on earth. Therefore, the creation cannot be "restored to the purity of its origins," because it was never "pure," or "very good."

Also, before "Adam and Eve," or the first humans, came forth on this earth, five mass extinctions of animals had occurred. These mass extinctions caused a lot of suffering. Hence, at that time (a time before the first humans lived on earth) the creation was in a state of corruption.

For Christians to believe that the earth and mankind were created 6,000 years ago is as delusional as believing in the Bible scripture that says "the earth is fixed on foundations" [standing still] and "shall never be moved." Christians use to believe in this Bible scripture, but then scientific discoveries proved that it was not true...Christians then, consequently, stopped believing in it. When are you going to stop believing in the other scriptures that scientific discoveries have proven to be untruthful, or a deceptive lies?

New Agers do not believe that "everything evolves naturally...without 'God' having anything to do with it." Your statement is just some more Christian propaganda about the New Age spiritual philosophy. When there are great multitudes of anti-science delusional Christian people like yourself the whole world - including all humans, animals and the earth's life supporting ecosystem - is seriously endangered, and on the brink of destruction. The Bible scriptures say that in the end-times of the last-days Christians will be eliminated from off the face of the earth. I would rather see them convert to the truth.

You mean, 'convert to the truth' according to Thomas??? Oh, I'm so scared!!! Meanwhile, I remain confident in my faith in my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ... so, I will take my chances... and we will see who is 'delusional' on Judgement Day!!!

P.S. Since you seem to think that Constance's blog is full of 'Christian propaganda'... why are you wasting your time here?

Here is a recent quote from one of his previous posts on this very thread..."This [God created man Bible] truth has been a stumbling block to many who choose rather to believe [in evolution] that man was not created by God but EVOLVED and is the end product of some unguided process of chance and time."

I agree with your post 100% ... I too believe this is all "by design." Both sides are being played by the same, extremely powerful establishment, i.e. the privately owned Federal Reserve, the Wall Street power structure, the mega-bankers (too big to fail), multinational corporations, the military industrial complex, the corporate media complex, etc., etc.

After months of non-ending attacks, Trump has bowed to the pressure of the above as evidenced by his recent "expansion" of the phony war in Afghanistan. More Americans, along with many innocents caught in the middle, will die as a result. Interesting, that before the war started by Bush and the Neocons 16 years ago, Afghanistan was the supplier of opium (heroin) to 3% of the world, now, (USA now controls Afghan. Poppy fields) Afghan. supplies 97% of the opium to the world, resulting in a world-wide heroin epidemic! Somehow, I think there might be a connection?

I can't help but think of the fall of Rome and the parallels with the USA, which are many. As Mark Twain said: "History does not repeat itself, but it does rhyme."

In regards to your stance that the founding fathers are all white racists, I note that your names—first, middle, and last—are either European/white (or Greek from Aramaic), and Germanic-Jewish. I understand your claim of being an indigenous North American—and I’m not doubting or attempting to refute your claim—but, I must ask where your name comes from.

To my understanding, here are the derivations of each of your names:

Thomas = European / from the Greek, which was taken from AramaicIvan = SlavicDahlheimer = German-Jewish

As an indigenous person, how did you receive a decidedly non-indigenous name?

I’m not sure what to think about Afghanistan. I don’t have a frame of reference for your claim about opium, so I’ll take your word for it.

I, too, believe America is in for a fall. As I see it right now, it’s being destroyed from the inside, as are all Western nations, by Cultural Marxism, which includes: feminism (which is NOT about equal rights), communist infiltration in schools, especially post-secondary schools (including their ‘whites are bad’, ‘males [hetero-normal, aka cis-gendered] are bad’ mantras as a, or the, primary driver in identity politics – this resulting in the counter rise of ‘white nationalism’), declining morals—especially sexual, open border cries, demonization of Christianity and concomitant preference for Islam [see Canada, especially]. With all the infighting, Western nations are ripe for the taking. Of course, there’s a ready-made solution to all this: the UN one-world government. How it all plays out, we shall find out—those of us left.

Chief Rabbi of Catalonia, Meir Bar-Hen, suggests Jews living in Europe go back to Israel due to the “never-ending influx of Muslims”. Also, “Nearly 30 Percent of European-Born ISIS Fighters are Returning to Their Homes, US Believes”:

I think that most people who read posts on this blog are quite often looking for evidence of the fulfillment of end-times Bible scriptures that prophecy that a "great falling away" will occur prior to the establishment of the Antichrist's one world government. Here's some news and information about the "great falling away" associated with my latest article: America Was Founded As A White Racist And Christian Religious Bigoted Nation.

http://www.towahkon.org/WhiteRacism .html

When statues of Christopher Columbus start coming down it will not be long before multitudes of Christian crosses on churches will also be taken down, they are "symbols of hate."

News: An August 25, 2017, article in the U.S. The Telegraph is entitled U.S. New York mayor considers removing Christopher Columbus statue amid Confederate-era soul-searching . Two excerpt from the article read: "It has been suggested by local government officials in several US cities that monuments to Columbus should be taken down because of the explorer's brutal treatment of indigenous communities." ... "New York's Columbus statue, which is a tourist attraction, is one of scores of monuments in the city currently being reviewed as part of an effort to remove "symbols of hate."

Related article: An Jan. 25, 2015, article in the Daily Kos is entitled Empty Churches Go On Sale in Europe as Christian Faith Declines . Here is an excerpt from this article: European countries in general have seen substantial declines, but it is the Netherlands leading the way. The Catholic Church predicts that two-thirds of its churches will be retired from holy service within a decade and 700 Protestant churches are expected to be decommissioned within four years. While the U.S. has avoided a similar wave of church closings for now, recent trends lead religious researchers to say the country could face the same problem in coming years.

Well, whaduhyah know, there are counterfeits within Christendom too, Dahlheimer, like there are counterfeits and hypocrites in any other arena and don't have to be a rocket scientist to figure that one out, do ya? But that does not take one thing away from the truth, from God Himself, and the Scripture He miraculously wrote, through multiple authors, through many eras, to progressively tell the same amazing theme and story still unfolding today--as we speak.

Why don't you come clean and admit how many gaping holes are in your new age narrative and how hypocritical and unworkable in the real world your "educated" guesses are? Are you afraid to actually unpack that fiction you've bought into? You really never answered any of Craig impacting questions. You're satisfied with that? It would stand the test of time, if true as you say, without the hype you new agers needs to keep it propped up. Lies have been around for a long time, but are running their course. You'll see. And how destructive your belief is too, as it isn't the "new" age you think. Is old as the hills in it's error and tried before with many epic fails as testimony to it's been there done that and still no good come from it. Bad history is history too, with a difficult consequence and outcome than what you are supposing will come about. I see you often must borrow or steal to twist and reshape what is God's in the vain attempt to keep your big ideas afloat. the truth is, sir, the air in your lungs is the Lord's.So hang on to your hat. The Bible is revealing itself everyday, and soon the entire world will know, it was, and is, the truth all along.Knock yourself out. And keep that boring as hell fiction you believe, and rotting narrative that only draws flies, going the best you can. You, and the many others who have that acquired taste, will be stuck with that self-chosen buyers remorse when all is said and done.

I still haven't heard back from dollheimer as to which country or countries on earth were established by peaceful means.Which ones Tom?

The United States is in mr dollheimer's crosshairs because of all the horrible atrocities that (may have) occurred on the part of the U.S. in times of war, and even in between wars, and mr dollheimer has stated that he thinks America is particularly guilty, to the point that he cheers for America's demise, just like the Muslims do, and the Feminists do, and the Socialists do, and the gays do (when it seems expedient for their purposes), and just like every good Communist does. Down with America! he chants.Apparently America is the only country on earth which is guilty of all the things that EVERY country has done. Hmmm...Poor mr dollheimer has been thoroughly brainwashed and dumbed-down. Not that he wasn't a willing participant. It's only in American that malcontent subversives are allowed to continue and are even encouraged.

House passes and Trump signs into law a bill, that authorizes "searches without a warrant" in Virginia, Maryland & DC. Knowing how the Government usually works incrementally, this is another very ominous sign of things to come. Slowly but surely, our Constitutional rights are being abrogated by politicians on BOTH sides of the aisle!

Our Constitution had it's teeth knocked down it's throat a while back. And Obama finished the job to see to it that it is now only an old dated, very tattered, piece of paper.So we live in the Untied States.Read that slowly......

And spiteful people like Dahlheimer, who have taken full advantage of this nation, are happy about that. Maybe he and his cronies are hoping for another civil war....

Dahlheimer, we understand and REJECT your false religion as delusions same re hinduism and gnosticism. whether evolution ocurred with or without God's help is irrelevant to the overall picture you paint. Jesus Christ is resurrected from the dead for real and The Most High YHWH made the physical universe which is "very good." man rebelled against God and warped himself and everything else. We look forward to resurrection and life in a restored material universe not dissolution into a reduced state of spirit only. you are drunk on pride and ambition and lies of demons pretending to be angels of light (or "ascended masters" or fake aliens). those who did their "ascension" or conversion to "divine spark" will someday find themselves in bodies again, before the judgement seat of Christ the King.

anon - biblical view of parents: they are not to drive children to despair,

children are not a right but a responsibility to be raised in the nurture andadmonition of YHWH,

we are not property, playthings, tools etc. we are property of God to Who parents owe responsibility.

God created us, parents were just means, it is PAGAN to say parents or women create life yet many Christians say this.

mental invasion or witchcraft not okay just because the target is your child or a relative "God is not a respecter of persons" your rank, family relationship, gender, etc. does not give you special rights of abuse.

From POV of some traditionalist Roman Catholics and traditionalist Eastern Orthodox, YOU are shacked up in fornication if you are married outside of any church but their own.

What about those who want the government out of marriage and would have illegal marriages unrecognized by the state done in churches or by proclamation on youtube as one Christian couple did?

India geography and history first mentioned in hindu texts so ignore that also?energy centers idea is in China and Tibet also Ecclesiates describes the same thing.

chakras THEOLOGICALLY IRRELEVANT but new age wrong chakra ideas have delusiongoal. it is important to get new agers and deceived Christians to stop this, calling it "hindu" won't work if thought to be good, or "all truth is God's truth" and not know some infois booby trapped.

http://www.cuttingedge.org/free11.html MASONRY PROVEN CONCLUSIVELY TO BE WORSHIP OF LUCIFER, SATAN! Part 1 of 2 whatever else at this site, this article is good.

"children are not a right but a responsibility to be raised in the nurture andadmonition of YHWH,"

Thank God in His Wisdom, He saw fit to not let you have any children, MCE. God is Merciful, but you need a clue about what mercy really is as you paint with a broad brush against Christians who actually honor their parents unlike you. You actually disobey and lecture others?? Have yet to see it anything resembling God's Mercy, Grace and Holiness in any of your posts as you lecture others about this and only keep it up in your double speak.Natural wisdom is natural and God made, but you confuse it with Wisdom that is higher than the natural world and causes you to misrepresent both.That is why you insist on your own blends of "holy water" and insist you can "see" patterns etc in others when your own pattern is warped in judging others harshly and not according to the Bible.You should repent and that would be a sign of some humility when you quit your drunk with pride behavior yourself.

As usual, I read skimmed through some of the comments on the Zero Hedge article, and I found a lot of individuals claiming this was only limited to government owned land. That’s not how I read it!

I posted a while back the Supreme Court decision supporting what some may call ‘hate speech’ as free speech relative to trademarks in Matal v. Tam. However, free speech in general is being stifled through bullying—and allowed to be bullied by apparent complicit politicians, chiefs of police, etc.—at various places and venues.

I had a call from a South African gentleman concerned about a relative gone New Age/Waldorf education with New Zealand connections. I gave him your phone number. He is a Christian and I am also preparing some information to send him on Rudolf Steiner/Theosophy/Anthroposophical connections.

There were reports that AntiFa were throwing, among other things, bottles full of urine and/or fecal matter at the Charlottesville event (a fact not covered by the MSM, of course). Here LA Werewolf, a YouTube vlogger, films an AntiFa member getting arrested in Laguna Beach with a bottle of both:

While the White House petition to label AntiFa a terrorist group has garnered the required amount of signatures to require a WH response (100,000), I’d like to see this get over a million supporters. It’s currently over 315k:

"The version found on the religious right mixes the conservative tropes with biblical end times prophecies. The general theme is that the anti-christ will come to Earth as the head of the UN and use it to implement a world government and one world religion, which will either be theistic Satanism, atheism or a New Age belief, depending on which conspiracy theorist you listen to. The prophecies of revelations are of immense relevance here. Anyone who rejects the Mark of the Beast will be sent to die in FEMA camps. Texe Marrs, Mark Dice and Alex Jones are the main proponents of this theory today, though this isn't counting the many vocal supporters with a high number of followers on YouTube."

"New-Age beliefs are often attributed to real or alleged Asian mystics, particularly Indian and Tibetan, and many New-Age type beliefs draw heavily from Eastern religions, particularly Hinduism."

In regards to your stance that the founding fathers are all white racists, I note that your names—first, middle, and last—are either European/white (or Greek from Aramaic), and Germanic-Jewish. I understand your claim of being an indigenous North American—and I’m not doubting or attempting to refute your claim—but, I must ask where your name comes from.

To my understanding, here are the derivations of each of your names:

Thomas = European / from the Greek, which was taken from AramaicIvan = SlavicDahlheimer = German-Jewish

As an indigenous person, how did you receive a decidedly non-indigenous name?

Wikipedia: God as the devil (Referring to the Old Testament God, not Jesus' "Father in Heaven")

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/God_as_the_devil

In the Hebrew Bible God is depicted as the source of both light and darkness, as in Isaiah 45:6-7. This concept of "darkness" or "evil" was not yet personified as "the devil,".

The author of the Books of Chronicles is thought to have first introduced the notion of "divine intermediaries", which was not found in the earlier parts of the Hebrew Bible. The main evidence adduced by theologians to support this is 1 Chronicles 21, a reworked version of 2 Samuel 24.

This change is made most evident in the Chronicler's treatment of 2 Samuel 24:1:And again the anger of the LORD was kindled against Israel, and he moved David against them to say, Go, number Israel and Judah. — King James Version

which, in 1 Chronicles 21:1, becomes: And Satan stood up against Israel, and provoked David to number Israel. — King James Version

In the Book of Samuel, YHWH himself is the agent in punishing Israel, while in 1 Chronicles an "adversary" is introduced. This is usually taken to be the result of the influence of Persian dualism on Israelite demonology.

Scholars are divided on whether in Chronicles, "the adversary" had already become a proper name, "the Adversary" (Satan). The traditional opinion has been that this is the case, arguing from the absence of the definite article in שטן "adversary". S. Japhet in her The Ideology of the Book of Chronicles and its Place in Biblical Thought (1989) argued against mainstream opinion in suggesting that שטן still had the generic meaning and only became the proper name "Satan" at a later date, by about the 2nd century BC.

The Hindus' "Gods" Shiva and Vishnu are One God. They are eternal and were never created or emanated. They are Jesus' "Father in Heaven." Shiva-Vishnu emanated/"created" Brahma. Brahma (The Old Testament God YHWH) then sinned, which caused him to be composed of both light and darkness. Brahma (YHWH) created the cosmos, which is a physical manifestation of himself, an entity that is composed of, and the source of, both light and darkness. Brahma (YHWH) created maya (Satan) by emanating or manifesting his dark side.

BREAKING NEWS: Two explosions at flooded Texas chemical plant where small town was poised as 'extremely flammable' materials increased in heat•Two explosions were heard at the Arkema Inc plant in Crosby, Texas, early Thursday morning, officials said •The chemical plant lost power and its backup generators amid storm Harvey's deluge, leaving it without refrigeration for chemicals that become volatile as the temperature rises •The CEO said there is six feet of water at the plant and they have lost critical refrigeration of the materials •Plant officials warned that more explosions could occur and said they would let the fire burn itself out •Arkema manufactures organic peroxides, compounds used in pharmaceuticals and construction materials•The company shut down the Crosby site before Harvey made landfall last week, but a crew of 11 had stayed•That group was removed and residents within 1.5 miles were told to evacuate Tuesday after plant lost power•Meanwhile, about 150 miles west of Houston, almost 30,000 gallons of crude oil and about 8,500 gallons of wastewater spilled because floodwaters from Harvey toppled two oil storage tanks

Shell and Exxon say hazardous chemicals have been released from Texas refineries damaged in Harvey downpours

•Damage from Hurricane Harvey caused a roof to sink in at the Shell oil refinery in Deer Park, Texas, releasing hazardous pollutants into the air•Shell said in a statement this week that 100 pounds of benzene and 100 pounds of toluene were released due to destruction from the severe storm•Exxon Mobil Corp.'s refinery in Baytown, Texas also had 15 pounds of chemical compound benzene released from the oil and gas facility this week•'This is an unprecedented storm, and we have taken every effort to minimize emissions and safely shut down equipment,' Exxon spokeswoman Charlotte Huffaker said in a statement

In the midst of all this sadness, etc. ... maybe we could all use a little humor?

Remember all the Liberal media angst regarding Melania Trump wearing "high heels" as she boarded Air Force One along with her "FLOTUS" cap during the visit to Houston?

Here is an interesting piece reporting on one of the main stream mouths that constantly trolls about Melania's horrible fashion choices. She also happens to be an editor for the "fashion" magazine Vogue:

"The Hindus' "Gods" Shiva and Vishnu are One God. They are eternal and were never created or emanated. They are Jesus' "Father in Heaven." Shiva-Vishnu emanated/"created" Brahma. Brahma (The Old Testament God YHWH) then sinned, which caused him to be composed of both light and darkness."

Why is this caricature allowed to post such things here ??

This is beyond satire !!

Apart from that, why on this blog is there no talk of 23 September and Virgo (Feast of Trumpets) ?

I posted the - "The Hindus' 'Gods' Shiva and Vishnu are One God - statement. Most people reading posts on this blog believe that the New Age movement is the end-time Antichrist movement. I am a New Ager who is trying to help Christians who read this blog to better understand the theology of the New Age spiritual philosophy. Many New Agers, myself included, have a Hinduized Gnostic so-called "Christian" spiritual philosophy. I read a lot of articles and books by leading Christian opponents of the New Age movement who believe that it is the end-time Antichrist movement and I find that they do not understand what the New Age movement is about. I often post their misleading quotes on this blog and then present evidence that contradicts their misleading statements. It's not easy to understand New Age theology, so I do not blame them all the much. More about the theology associated with the post of mine that you (in part) quoted is located at http://www.towahkon.org/SnakeisLucifer-Christ.html.

Thomas Dahlheimer is still here hoping to be relevant.Instead, he is just wrong.He is severely mistaken to count out the One True Living God of the Bible.Must not have anything of import in his life to be wasting time and space like this. (what else of his life, opportunities, and resources has he squandered?)Lies do get their chance to revel "under the sun" in the last days. We are all seeing the lies rise that he hopes in.

Going to burn up quick, though.Don't think TD has thought that far ahead....

You wrote: The Hindus' "Gods" Shiva and Vishnu are One God. They are eternal and were never created or emanated. They are Jesus' "Father in Heaven." Shiva-Vishnu emanated/"created" Brahma. Brahma (The Old Testament God YHWH) then sinned, which caused him to be composed of both light and darkness. Brahma (YHWH) created the cosmos, which is a physical manifestation of himself, an entity that is composed of, and the source of, both light and darkness. Brahma (YHWH) created maya (Satan) by emanating or manifesting his dark side.

This is in stark contrast to our previous discussion in which you claimed the creation of the cosmos was due to the Son’s “original sin”—the Son (Jesus) being a direct emanation of the NT Father. I suppose you make it up as you go?

Once again it appears your cognitive abilities are hindered by your cognitive dissonance regarding the Bible. Is it authoritative or is it not? If (in your view) it’s not wholly authoritative, then it cannot be appealed to as some sort of authority in any sense. You claim that the OT YHWH is a manifestation of Brahma’s ‘dark side’, yet the Christian Bible makes the claim that YHWH is the Father of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob (Exodus 3:15), just like “Jesus’ ‘Father in Heaven’” (Matthew 22:32, Acts 3:13, etc.). That is, the OT YHWH is the same as the God of the NT—which includes Jesus who used the divine name in John 8:58 (cf. LXX of Exodus 3:14 and Isaiah 45:18-19, among others).

I’m inclined to the think the words in the quote above are a manifestation of your own dark side. Come receive the Light, found in the Person of Christ Jesus. He’s the Way to the Father.

To a tune way off key, way out of rhythm, and circling another sun out there--some "sun" of his own unimaginative imagination.The Bible is so beautiful and ordered to perfection, but some people love the constant static found in the disjointed, discordant ugly. Makes them feel more comfortable and at home in their own skin, in their own deep unresolved ungratefulness and pride. Hating what...and Who, is Good.....

Yes, why quote the Bible at all or use it as a backdrop in the least since he can't bring himself to be honest with it (at the very least least question it rightly?) I have asked the very same question of him and he can't bring himself to any level of courage or honesty to answer that. Kills his own argument before he can fully state it. And fully stated still adds up nowhere, for anybody, at any time. I think he is fully aware of his choice for believing in the dark side. So many of his persuasion want to pretend with a keyboard.

That's disconnected at best, or, unhinged at worst, and displays his state of mind, plus the inveracity of his belief.

You misquoted me again. You wrote: "This is in stark contrast to our previous discussion in which you claimed the creation of the cosmos was due to the Son’s 'original sin'—the Son (Jesus) being a direct emanation of the NT Father. I suppose you make it up as you go?"

It's hard for me to believe that you can not get what I am saying correct. I never said in a previous discussion the creation of the cosmos was due to the Son's "original sin'-the Son (Jesus)... the "Son" that committed the 'original sin' was Brahma, not Jesus. Brahma is the direct emanation of the NT Father, who the Hindus know as Brahman, or Shiva-Vishue.

You also wrote: "You claim that the OT YHWH is a manifestation of Brahma’s ‘dark side’..." I never claimed that, evidently you are not able to understand what I present on this blog. Brahma and OT YHWH are the same "God," the Creator of the cosmos. This God has a dark side, as the bible says, He is the source of good and evil (Isaiah 45:6-7). The creation was never "very good," science or evolution has proven this to be true. The creator is a liar.

It is alright for a person to say that he/she does not believe that all of the bible scriptures are inspired and true, and then use cheery picked scriptures to make a point. But it is not alright for a person, like yourself, to say all the bible scriptures are inspired and true and then use cheery picked scriptures to make a point. Do you quote Isaiah 45: 6--7 ? And there are plenty of other bible scriptures that Christians do not quote. They are hate speech. And Christians are being put in jail for quoting them in public.

In the beginning, God emanated a part of Himself from out of the center of His heart. This emanated part of God was given an individual identity and a free will. This entity with a free will was essentially a single divine Being, or the Son of God the Father. And the Son was One in Being with the Father. When the Son's emanated existence took place God the Father created light for His Son to live in. The Son and the light that He lived in were, together, a Spiritual Universe. The Son was essentially One Single Divine Consciousness/Begin who had a multi-billion traces of individual identities that were a part of Himself. We were the unified divine Son and we each had a trace of a separate individual identity. Then and Son, or We together as essentially One Being, committed original sin, which caused the Spiritual Universe to become manifested as matter.

You later edited the last sentence (same thread as above @ 7:42 AM): It now reads: Then the Son, or we together as essentially One Being, committed original sin, which caused the light of the Spiritual Universe to become manifested as matter.

Then you repeated the above verbatim with the corrected final sentence (correcting “Then and Son” to “Then the Son”). In this you clearly claim that the Son committed “original sin” (whatever that is), thereby causing “the Spiritual Universe to become manifested as matter”. Now, we can quibble over my words “creation of the cosmos was due to…” directly above (@ 10:34 AM), which should more accurately have been what you stated in the last sentence of the quote just above in this particular comment, however my point was that in our previous discussion you never equated Brahma with YHWH OR the Son.

Then, the very first comment here you wrote: There are not two Sons. A part of the Son is contaminated with original sin. The other part of the Son is pure. We are in the Son. A person who is in the contaminated part of the Son can move to the part of the Son that is pure and become enlightened by the Christ Consciousness. Every person is a part of the whole Son. When every person who is now in the contaminated part of the Son has moved their part of the Son into the pure part of the Son area matter will be destroyed. Jesus Christ is divine because He is in the pure part of the Son.

So, I inferred that you meant Son = Jesus Christ. I assumed only the pure ‘part’ of the emanated Son was Christ. I think that was a reasonable assumption, given how you framed it. But, no matter how you slice it, your comment @ 9:42 AM IS substantially different from our earlier discussion, as shown here.

Your attempts to retrofit Christianity into your New Age doctrine falls flat, just like the 2nd century Gnostics. And just like the Gnostics, you charge that your religion is the true one, predating Christianity, yet it is obviously a reaction to it. You dichotomize the OT and NT because you cannot grasp its contents—because you are not spiritually enlightened by the True God.

I do not cherry pick the Christian Scriptures. I merely chose not to engage with your earlier comment. Why should I, as you already have your own mind made up? I will not waste my words on it. You wrest things from their historical and immediate contexts and thereby misconstrue meanings.

Oh, and contrary to what you and some are trying to put forth, there’s no such thing as “hate speech”. Free speech allows for all kinds of speech, even that with which you and others may disagree. Its ridiculosity comes into play when ‘my’ hate speech is different than ‘your’ hate speech. Could I label your attacks against Christianity “hate speech”? If not, why not? The hypocrisy of “hate speech” comes into play, e.g., when a Muslim claims that no one can speak ill of Muhammad, yet they’ve no problems mischaracterizing Jesus Christ, even denying that He died on a cross, despite the historical evidence. The fact is that every religion is mutually exclusive with any other. And one day we’ll all find out which one was the True one.

Constance - holonomics sounds like of invest with what you agree with and not with what you don't. Valid up to a point, but....it can be paralyzing. Systems thinking is a powerful tool, find out the linchpin in a system and move to control it. you examination of the new age network is a good example of systems thinking put to good work.

I think a major effort should be made to persuade people that interconnectednessis NOT A GOOD IDEA. its real and it needs to be stopped, fire walls need to bein place, think quarantine. The Great Depression hit both sides of the Atlantic because ofinterconnectedness.

While the New Age promotes it as good, and says since it is already to some extent in place we all gotta get along, we should be analyzing it as dangerousand needs modifying.

Already this getting along for financial reasons exists except where war makesmore money, then war is promoted. OR where there is competition over who gainsfrom an oil line, which is the real reason behind the debacle CIA caused in Syria. (Holdover Cold war mentality of always fighting the last war so out of date, wasthe cause for the whole Arab Spring thing, bring down any Middle Eastern governmentwith Russian ties in the old days, even though USSR was over. I suspect a hiddendriver is the satanist element which can always come up with a good cover storyto promote a move whose results invariably harmed Christian populations there,and was probably the real reason.)

""Rainbow Bridge" between inner and outer planets" should probably read inner andouter PLANES unless Barbara Clow is crazier than most. the idea of "inner planes" shows a connected whether personal or just reading books, with the 1800s-early 1900s Hermetic Order of The Golden Dawn, and Fraternity of the Inner Light https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dion_Fortune

I live in San Antonio, Texas, and I can tell you that folks here are going crazy about fuel! Individuals are waiting hours by empty fuel pumps, waiting for tankers to come to refuel the stations. I just ran an errand, and the Shell station closest to me had a tanker outside, and the lines of cars waiting to get in the station was about 300 yards down the street. A friend told me she knew someone who waited 4 hours to refuel yesterday. Another one had 1/4 tank as she waited in line to get gas, and nearly ran out by the time she got to the pump. So, quite literally, some are wasting a 1/4 tank to get a full tank.

I have about 40% of a tank right now. We'll see how things go in the next few days...

The following article quite nicely sums up much of what is going on here in the USA. I’m not sure if I agree with all of it (some I just don’t know anything about), but I think Constance and her readers here should check it out:

BACKGROUND. The Trump administration is suffering under withering information campaigns designed to first undermine, then delegitimize and ultimately remove the President. Possibly confusing these attacks with an elevated interplay of otherwise normal D.C. partisan infighting and adversarial media relations, the White House response to these campaigns reflects a political advocacy mindset that it is intensely reactive, severely under-inclusive and dangerously inadequate to the threat. If action is not taken to re-scope and respond to these hostile campaigns very soon, the administration risks implosion and subsequent early departure from the White House.

This is not politics as usual but rather political warfare at an unprecedented level that is openly engaged in the direct targeting of a seated president through manipulation of the news cycle. It must be recognized on its own terms so that immediate action can be taken. At its core, these campaigns run on multiple lines of effort, serve as the non-violent line of effort of a wider movement, and execute political warfare agendas that reflect cultural Marxist outcomes. The campaigns operate through narratives. Because the hard left is aligned with lslamist organizations at local (ANTI FA working with Muslim Brotherhood doing business as MSA and CAIR), national (ACLU and BLM working with CAIR and MPAC) and international levels (OIC working with OSCE and the UN), recognition must given to the fact that they seamlessly interoperate at the narrative level as well. In candidate Trump, the opposition saw a threat to the "politically correct" enforcement narratives they've meticulously laid in over the past few decades. In President Trump, they see a latent threat to continue that effort to ruinous effect and their retaliatory response reflects this fear.…

Political Warfare Attacks--A Primer. As used here, "political warfare" does not concern activities associated with the American political process but rather exclusively refers to political warfare as understood by the Maoist Insurgency model. 2 Political warfare is one of the five components of a Maoist insurgency. Maoist methodologies employ synchronized violent and non-violent actions that focus on mobilization of individuals and groups to action. This approach envisions the direct use of non-violent operational arts and tactics as elements of combat power. In Maoist insurgencies, the formation of a counter-state is essential to seizing state power. Functioning as a hostile competing state acting within an existing state, it has an alternate infrastructure. Political warfare operates as one of the activities of the "counter-state" and is primarily focused on the resourcing and mobilization of the counter state or the exhaustion and demobilization of the targeted political movement. Political warfare methods can be implemented at strategic, operational, or tactical levels of operation.

This is slightly off topic, but an interesting event none the less.There have been over 64 earthquakes between 2.5 and 5.3 in one location in Soda Springs Idaho over the past two days.Soda Springs is roughly half way between Salt Lake City and Yellowstone.http://quake.utah.edu/earthquake-center/quake-map

Interestingly the USGS only listed the largest of these events.https://earthquake.usgs.gov/

Yes, I absolutely agree with you. Bottom line... President Trump is fighting the New World Order Globalists. He is like David vs. Goliath. However, the Globalists need to remember that God is still in charge!!!

Craig, my thoughts and prayers are with all of you in San Antonio. I live in the Houston area... and we are going to be facing a 'new normal' here. Right now, we are just thanking God that we are alive and well... but there will be tough times ahead for all of us along the Gulf Coast and beyond.

Yes, I hope those earlier on this blog who were convinced that Trump is in league with globalists have changed their mind(s). It's obvious there's a concerted effort to get him out of the oval office.

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Anon 1:37 PM,

I'm sorry to hear you're in Houston. I cannot even imagine what it's like.

San Antonio is just fine. It's just those who panicked about a perceived fuel shortage that makes it difficult for everyone. As for me, on Sunday, five hours after I saw that tanker I went by the station to see if the lines had diminished--or if the station even had any fuel left. Thankfully, there were only a few vehicles waiting, and I was able to get gas after about a 7 minute wait in line.

I just found this, which will be quite helpful. Just type in your zip code to find out which stations in your area have fuel:

http://tracker.gasbuddy.com/Search.aspx?t=search

Currently, some parts of San Antonio have only about 10% with fuel, while others are about 75%. Of course, this will continuously change.

Wow dollheimer,You said:"The creation was never "very good," science or evolution has proven this to be true. The creator is a liar."

So He is the liar, not you, by any chance?OMG...

Here's how it really is;Every word out of the mouth of the Lord Jehovah is Truth because it came out of his mouth.Every word out of the mouth of the creator is Truth, and perfect.He created everything by his word.

Former Tennessee State Representative Larry Bates was recently convicted of a Ponzi scheme. He was charged with taking many millions from Christians frightened about end time events. Today he was given a sentence of 21 years in prison for the offense.

I have always been wary of those who would financially exploit Christians. I have long noticed that many doing this used the following format:

1. The sky is falling.2. Your money is at risk because the sky is falling.3. Your money is safe with me, little girl.

The Scriptures plainly warned us that in the last days would come those who would make merchandise of us. It also warned us that because of those types, "the truth would be spoken evil of . ."

LEAD US NOT INTO TEMPTATION, BUT DELIVER US FROM EVIL should be our ever fervent prayer.

I was well familiar with the impending investigation and case against Mr. Bates. I am saddened by it -- I am deeply saddened by those who lost their savings and retirement funds due to the apparent greed of one claiming to be a Christian protecting them against such harm.

Former legislator Larry Bates sentenced in financial fraud www.commercialappeal.com/story/.../courts/...larry-bates-sentenced.../632688001/8 hours ago - Former Tennessee legislator Larry Bates sentenced to 21 years in financial scheme, ordered to pay $21 million in restitution. Larry Bates, a former Tennessee state legislator and CEO of First American Monetary Consultants, was ordered to pay $21,210,345.39 in restitution.Former Lawmaker Larry Bates Sentenced to 21 Years in Ponzi Scheme https://www.memphisdailynews.com/.../former-lawmaker-sentenced-to-21-years-in-co...4 hours ago - One-time Tennessee legislator Larry Bates drew a prison sentence of 21 years and 10 months for a $20 million Ponzi scheme around the ...Former Tennessee lawmaker Larry Bates sentenced to ... - WREG.com wreg.com/2017/09/05/former-tn-lawmaker-sentenced-to-21-years-in-ponzi-scheme/Former Tennessee lawmaker Larry Bates sentenced to 21 years in Ponzi scheme. Posted 1:59 pm, September 5, 2017, by AP, Updated at 05:11PM, September ...Tennessee Family Convicted of Decade-Long Gold and Silver Ponzi ... https://www.justice.gov/.../tennessee-family-convicted-decade-long-gold-and-silver-p...May 3, 2017 - Memphis, TN – After a five-week trial, a federal jury found Larry Bates; his two sons, Chuck and Robert Bates; and Kinsey Bates, the wife of ...Prosecutors: Ex-Lawmaker, Relatives Convicted in Ponzi Case ... https://www.usnews.com/.../family-convicted-in-coin-selling-scheme-in-tennesseeMay 3, 2017 - Larry Bates; his sons, Chuck and Robert Bates; and Robert Bates' wife Kinsey, were found guilty of mail and wire fraud during a five-week trial ...Ex-lawmaker gets 21 years for 'end of world' coin scheme | Merced ... www.mercedsunstar.com/news/business/article171281777.html7 hours ago - Larry Bates told listeners of Christian broadcast programs that they should ... Bates was sentenced Tuesday to more than 21 years in federal ...Tennessee family convicted in Ponzi scheme - The Jackson Sun www.jacksonsun.com/story/opinion/columnists/2017/06/...convicted.../392201001/Jun 13, 2017 - In May, after a five-week trial in Memphis, all four were convicted of ... Larry Bates was convicted on 46 counts, one son on 19, the other on 9, ...Mystery Babylon: Revelations Lead to Fraud Convictions for "End of ... www.coinweek.com/.../mystery-babylon-revelations-lead-to-fraud-convictions-for-en...Jun 13, 2017 - Former TN politician and Christian talk radio host Larry Bates used the end ... Now, after a five-week trial in Memphis back in May, he is also a ...Ex-lawmaker, relatives convicted in Ponzi case awaiting sentencing ... www.fox13memphis.com/top-stories/ex...convicted-in...sentencing/580813826Aug 3, 2017 - Former state Rep. Larry Bates; his sons, Chuck and Robert Bates; and Robert Bates' wife Kinsey, were found guilty of mail and wire fraud ...

The international hippie "non-organization" called the Rainbow Family of Living Light has many adherents who are of the hippie New Age counterculture movement. And there is a 225,000 registered members website named Hippyland with a sister site named Cool that, in respect to both sites, occasionally and prominently promote my hippie New Age counterculture mission. Several of my submitted Cool articles on this topic were exclusively posted on a webpage by the founder and webmaster of Hippyland and Cool.

When referring primarily to the hippie spiritual revolution that began in the 1960s, a revolution that was an expression of the New Age spiritual philosophy and highly influenced by the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi and the Beatles, Peter R. Jones, an internationally renowned Christian theologian, lecturer and author, wrote: Indeed, the Sixties was a spiritual revolution that has now morphed into a worldview that promises to alter how we all believe and act in the planetary era.

And in a popular contemporary video produced by the author of the best-selling book Gods of the New Age, a video about the Beatles' 1960s promotion of the New Age spiritual philosophy, the video's narrators (including the video's producer Carly Matrisciana) present evidence and acknowledge that the Beatles' promotion of the New Age spiritual philosophy was originally accepted, globally...and that because of the Beatles' 1960s inspired hippie New Age counterculture movement - a movement that radically changed a generation's perspective on the meaning of life "it is still rapidly gaining global acceptance, today."

Some evidence of this contemporary "global acceptance" of the New Age spiritual philosophy can also be found in an Ananda Sangha Worldwide article about Ananda, a global movement that promotes the 1967 spiritual consciousness of the Beatles, who at the time were (mostly George Harrison) promoting the teachings of Paramahansa Yogananda.

ONE-WORLD SPIRITUAL PHILOSOPHY: A HIPPIE WORLD UNITY SIGN is prominently displayed in a Caryl Productions 2012 video about a large contemporary New Age/New Spirituality "Christian" movement that is portrayed as a new expression of the hippie spiritual revolution. The video is titled: WIDE IS THE GATE - The Emerging New Christianity VOLUME 1 and VOLUME 2. There is also a green hippie peace sign on the cover of the video's advertised DVD.

An introductory article of mine about my Indigenous Peoples' rights advocacy work and related hippie New Age counterculture mission is located here. -(http://www.towahkon.org/HippieCounterculture.html)

On my website located at http://www.towahkon.org/Tomssite.html the above introductory information has several reference links included.

About Me

As an active Michigan lawyer, I practice my profession primarily in Macomb, Oakland and Wayne counties of Michigan, USA (248-253-0333). Sometimes I do work in my old "stomping grounds" of our State Capitol, Lansing, Michigan on administrative, state law related matters, as well. I've enjoyed active and stimulating careers in government, politics, law and as a published and translated author. In the past, I have worked for the Michigan House of Representatives, the Michigan State Senate, and the City of Highland Park, Michigan. I'm the author of the first major critical book about the New Age Movement, THE HIDDEN DANGERS OF THE RAINBOW: The New Age Movement and our Coming Age of Barbarism (1983); A PLANNED DECEPTION: The Staging of a New Age Messiah (1986). Currently, I'm completing a volume about Javier Solana, the Barcelona Process, Israel and the European Union. Email me cumbey@gmail.com.